[Before each of numerous portrait sittings:] Now then, with teeth or without?

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.

Your love is the essence of divine artistry. Use prismatic hues to express it and shower it everywhere!

[Math] curriculum is obsessed with jargon and nomenclature seemingly for no other purpose than to provide teachers with something to test the students on.

A relationship will either make the majority of your life happy or miserable. It is important to take your time and make sure that it is a wise choice before making a commitment.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

I never wanted to be home-schooled. I didn't like the idea of being home-schooled. It would only separate myself even further from the real world, and that's never what I wanted.

In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.

This demand follows from an insight that I was the first to articulate: that there are no moral facts.

Liberals retain a totemic attachment to the Freudian idea that traumatic toilet training is destiny.

Millions for defense but not a cent for tribute.

What is the extinction of a condor to a child who has never seen a wren?