Цитаты из книги Four Reigns

You can lie and cheat and stab people in the back as much as you like but as long as you do it expertly and succeed you can be sure of winning praise and admiration, Uncle. That’s our society today.

Quite a business — this living, isn’t it? We jump about, loving one minute and getting angry the next, laughing, crying, bickering, reaching after this or that prize, each in our own way. Then we die, and it’s the same for everybody. No more jumping about...

Lose your temper and you shall lose the battle. He who keeps calm shall conquer.

We don’t know what the future will bring but we do know that our good action here and now can only give rise to what is good in days to come, although we may not be aware of when or how.