Christina, Queen of Sweden
It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.Collection: Independence
I was born, have lived, and will die free.Collection: Freedom
Ignorance is not innocence.Collection: Ignorance
You should be more afraid of a stupid man than of an evil one.Collection: Stupid
I love men, not because they are men, but because they are not womenCollection: Inspiration
There is a star above us which unites souls of the first order, though worlds and ages separate them.Collection: Stars
Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.Collection: Use
We grow old more through indolence, than through age.Collection: Age
As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.Collection: Men
We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.Collection: Reading
Every man is his own worst enemyCollection: Men
God has neither form nor shape under which we can know Him; when he speaks of Himself in metaphors and similes, He is adapting Himself to our foolishness, our limited capacity.Collection: Shapes
Life is too short to be able to love as one should.Collection: Love
It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I was fortunate enough to satisfy my subjects, I was not fortunate enough to satisfy myself.Collection: Royalty
Great armies are nothing but a collection of weakness.Collection: Army
It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive.Collection: Deception
Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.Collection: Unhappy
There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes.Collection: Royalty
Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage.Collection: Marriage
To some people everything is permitted.Collection: People