Nothing is ours really, not even our own souls!

I am said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. About that, of course, I cannot judge because I cannot know. But about the other queens, I know. I am the most beautiful queen in Europe.

My love for my country is my religion.

in much knowledge there is also much grief.

What curious little corners of folly are to be found in even the sanest brain!

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.

We who are placed above the crowd are not climbing ... so we are never out of breath.

Are all ends of life so sad?

Power is a companion it is not easy to part with, when it goes, the zest of life goes with it. With dry eyes and clenched fist, one stares after it, jealous of the next one it will single out.

To be entirely happy in marriage, the same thing must be important to both.

Art corrupts. Absolute art corrupts absolutely. Please corrupt me absolutely.

There is one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says 'yes' you know he is crooked.

Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to be valorised in a new production: in both cases, the goal is exchange.

People in north Michigan are not different at all from people in southern Alabama. Trust me, someone who's spent a lot of time in both places. They're all hardworking, simple people.

I am the best wrestler in the world.

The world according to Bubba is simple - if it aggravates you, stop it. By whatever means necessary.

I'm asking the American people to rise above the noise and the clutter of our broken politics.

Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?

... anything difficult to say must be shouted from the rooftops.

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?