"I am a monarch, but I am also a man."

"To talk much and arrive at no conclusion is a bad habit and a disease. It is a waste of time and an obstacle to business."

"Drunkenness is the ruin of mankind; it destroys families and states."

"When you have to deal with a bear, you have to kill it or let it run away. You cannot just cut off its paws and expect it to be harmless."

"God is my witness, I have done everything for the good of the state."