There is only one Christ, Jesus, one faith. All else is a dispute over trifles.

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

Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.

When we're deluded there's a world to escape. When we're aware, there's nothing to escape.

New Orleans has a real spirit. It's the most authentic of all American cities.

In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.

Too clear, too clean. The problem was precision, perfection.

I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.

One of the major principles is that Soviet literature must be inseverably linked with the policy of the Communist party

I think that music, or at least the kind of music that I make, benefits greatly from improvisation.

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.