My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.

Life always gets harder towards the summit - the cold increases, responsibility increases

Edwina always enjoyed a morning ride. Some mornings she rode the horse, and some mornings she rode the groom.

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make to them; a man may live long, yet get little from life. Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will - Montaigne, Essays

We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.

This parting cannot be for long; for those who love as we do cannot be parted. We shall always be united in thought, and thought is a great magnet. I have often spoken to thee of reason, now i speak to thee of faith