My love for my country is my religion.

I am said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. About that, of course, I cannot judge because I cannot know. But about the other queens, I know. I am the most beautiful queen in Europe.

Nothing is ours really, not even our own souls!

in much knowledge there is also much grief.

What curious little corners of folly are to be found in even the sanest brain!

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.

We who are placed above the crowd are not climbing ... so we are never out of breath.

Are all ends of life so sad?

Power is a companion it is not easy to part with, when it goes, the zest of life goes with it. With dry eyes and clenched fist, one stares after it, jealous of the next one it will single out.

To be entirely happy in marriage, the same thing must be important to both.

Corrupt and incompetent police officers have a long history of being protected by their colleagues, police internal affairs and the government.

A country without vision runs to every direction.

Failure has been my best friend as a writer. It tests you, to see if you have what it takes to see it through.

My guiding principle as president has been to try to do the right thing even when it's not politically convenient.

I want my kids to have a deep, inner feeling that it's alright to be happy, that you don't have to be constantly manufacturing problems that you don't really have.

Coming, as I do, from mountain folk on one side and sea followers on the other, there are few old songs of the hills or the sea with which I am not familiar.

It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword." --- Ingtar Shinowa ---

Perhaps it is music that will save the world.

I don't look like I've been on a week long crack binge with Amy Winehouse.

I take full responsability...for what we did. It was the right thing to do.