"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored."

"Love and friendship exclude each other."

"At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone."

"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness."

"It is a humble truth that the river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a essential truth that do not wait for favorable winds; take the oars and row toward your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent."

"The future of Conservatism lies in our beliefs and values, not by throwing them away. We need to shed associations that bind us to past failures, but hold faith with those things that make us Conservatives."