There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt.

But as Shakespeare’s Richard II boasts, ‘Not all the water in the rough rude sea/Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.

If my faults deserve punishment, my youth at least, and my imprudence were worthy of excuse

In the mist of Difficulty lies Opportunity.

Such a mad marriage never was before.

A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.

Love is a flame that burns everything other than itself. It is the destruction of all that is false and the fulfillment of all that is true.

A good lawyer knows how to shut up when he's won his case.

Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.

In order to solve this differential equation you look at it until a solution occurs to you.

Power never takes two weeks off. Power takes long weekends.

God had a heartbeat for 18-25 years old...the vast majority of whom don't have a clue why they are on this planet.

We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like a wild species living in the edges of an ecosystem - adaptable, resilient and tough.