“Whoever reflects on four things I would be better if he were never born: that which is above, that which is below, that which is before, that which is after.”

“That which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below, to perform the miracles of one only thing.”

“How can I study from below, that which is above?”

“And he told stories about the stars above, about the earth below. He told them to make the night pass, and also because his heart was all reflections in which the soul of the world moved.”

“Thatcher once said that if she were a visitor from Mars required to create a constitutional system, "I would set up ... a hereditary monarchy, wonderfully trained, in duty and in leadership which understands example, which is always there, which is above politics, for which the whole nation has an affection and which is a symbol of patriotism.”

“It would be nice if there were some one thing constant and unchanging in the universe. If there is such a thing, then it is a thing which would have to be stronger than love, and it is a thing which I do not know.”