"Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape."

"Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else."

"Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love."

"Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that."

"Tory plans to cut 'further and faster' would wreck recovery and roll back Labour's many successes."

"I'm not maximized yet."

"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship."

"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."