I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.
Render to God what you owe him; recognize the obligations you are under to him.
I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.
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.
We can do all we wish while we live; afterward, we are less than the meanest.
My child, you are going to be a great king; do not imitate me in the taste I have had for building, or in that I have had for war; try, on the contrary, to be at peace with your neighbors.
