Now, you are quite beside yourself with your need of being a queen.

At all events such a dream is much better than to steal sugar and to be impertinent.

But really, you must not indulge in such fancies.
It is the Evil One who prompts them, and it is pride that speaks, as well as passion." Gay and candid, Angelique looked her in the face as she said: "But mother, mother mine, what are you saying?
Is it, then, a sin to love that which is rich and beautiful?
I love it because it is rich and beautiful, and so cheers my heart and soul.

A beautiful object brightens everything that is near it, and helps one to live, as the sun does.

You know very well that I am not selfish.