My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me, doth what I have done.

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

...But first appearances are often deceptive. Not everything monstrous looking is evil, and not everything fair is good...and in every fairytale, there is a grain of truth.

It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.

Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.

It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.

Growing up, my mom would watch 'Notting Hill' a lot. She loves Hugh Grant.

I don't think I've ever tried on a corset, though a certain bridesmaid's dress did require a torturous bustier that will stay forever burned in my sensory memory.

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

If I correctly understand the sense of this succinct observation, our poet suggests here that human life is but a series of footnotes to a vast obscure unfinished masterpiece.

Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound.