"Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper."

"Laws are the sovereigns of sovereigns."

"I am the state."

"I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women."

"Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful."

"Every time I create an appointment, I create a hundred malcontents and one ingrate."

"First feelings are always the most natural."

"Every time I bestow a vacant office I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate."

"Has God forgotten all I have done for Him."

"There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself."

"It is legal because I wish it."