I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.

You have only to see what became of my father's will immediately after his death, and the wills of so many other kings. I know it well; but nevertheless, they have wished it; they gave me no rest nor repose, no calm until it was done.

The ministers of kings should learn to moderate their ambition. The higher they elevate themselves above their proper sphere, the greater the danger that they will fall.

All the people I know have been conditioned by snobbery.

As for restitutions, to nobody in particular do I owe any, but as for those I owe to the realm, I hope in the mercy of God.

That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.