The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.

Wrong life cannot be lived rightly.

The greatest power we have is the power of choice.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

I think, therefore I am.

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

All great achievements require time.

Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers.

And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.

It's not a question of learning much.On the contrary.It's a question of UNLEARNING much.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married.

The oldest, shortest words- 'yes' and 'no'- are those which require the most thought.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.

Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.