In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.

to tempt and be tempted are closely allied; and in spite of all the finest moral maxims buried in the mind, when emotion interferes, when feeling makes its appearance, one is already much further involved that one realizes, and I have still not learnt how to prevent its appearance.

the title of Queen rang sweet to my ears, child though I was. ... This idea of a crown began running in my head then like a tune, and has been running a lot in it ever since.

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.

I am one of the people who love the why of things.