Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.

Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.

We all need to get the balance right between action and reflection. With so many distractions, it is easy to forget to pause and take stock.

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women

Good memories are our second chance at happiness.

Think what we would have missed if we had never ... used a mobile phone or surfed the Net -- or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net.