"I was a queen, and I had a king, and I had a court, and I had a husband. I was a wife, and I was a mother. I was a friend, and I was a sister. I was a daughter, and I was a granddaughter. I was a niec…"

"How can I be happy when I am so miserable?"

"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."

"It is my duty to give to the poor and make the miserable happy."

"I forgive my enemies."