He is my brother. She is my sister. Come what will, they are my kin.

Being a stepmother has worked out very well for me. I love my stepchildren very much.

He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they?

A man will always promise to do more than he can do to a woman he cannot understand.

The sons of York will destroy each other, one brother destroying another, uncles devouring nephews, fathers beheading sons. They are a house which has to have blood, and they will shed their own if they have no other enemy.

Good Evening , Sir John. I hope that you will accept a little gift from me.' I should be honored, Your Majesty.' I want to give you a little carved stool from my privy chambers. A pretty little piece from France. I hope you will like it.' I should be grateful.' It is for your daughter. For Jane. To sit on. She seems not to have a seat of her own but she must borrow mine.

Good god what men can do to their brains when their cocks are hard.