1992 is not a year I shall look back on with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it hasturned out to be an Annus Horribilis.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the hard progress of humankind.

I have to be seen to be believed.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.

We don't know where we're going, but isn't is fun to go?

Man's capacity for evil makes democracy necessary and man's capacity for good makes democracy possible.

Nothing can be sworn impossible since Zeus made night during mid-day, hiding the light of the shining Sun.

Your scheme must be the framework of the universe; all other schemes will soon be ruins.

Practice is not a matter of years and months. It is a matter of concentration.

I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff.

A man with lofty ideas is an uncomfortable neighbor.

Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.

Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.

Get a good jean, a good tee, a good whatever because you can just switch that stuff up and you have like 8,000 different outfits with a few things.