“Let them eat cake.”

“But how will I eat cake if my head is over there, and my hands are over here?”

“Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?”

“I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.”

“When everyone else is losing their heads, it is important to keep yours.”

“There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.”

“Pardonnez-moi, monsieur. Je ne l’ai pas fait exprès”