Eyes of youth have sharp sight but commonly not so deep as those of elder age.

Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

Men fight wars. Women win them.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

To be a king and wear a crown is a thing more glorious to them that see it than it is pleasant to them that bear it.

I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.

God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them.

Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them

Life is nothing but a transient dream dancing at the tip of a leaf called time.

In the New Year, never forget to thank to your past years because they enabled you to reach today! Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the future!

I blast "Northern Sky," by the Capital Kings, on the way there, but at the gym, I totally zone out.

If it's a flash it's been an awfully long flash. I've been around for 20 years in one of the largest media and political markets in the country, so I'd call it more of a slow burn.

Isn't it fortunate how selective our recollections usually are.

The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be, Like all the rest, a mockery.

A day merely survived is no cause for celebration.