“Abilities wither under criticism, they blossom under encouragement.”

“Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.”

“We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses.”

“Material furnished by a government seldom satisfies critics or historians, for it lies always under suspicion.”

“If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.”

“The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights—the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn.”

“When the force of desire for the Truth blossoms, selfish desires wither away, just like darkness vanishes before the radiance of the light of dawn.”

“A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.”

“Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.”

“The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls, disappears under a criticism that is all-comprehending and all-surveying.”