But let me see thee stoop from heaven on wings That fill the sky with silver glitterings!

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root's white core.

Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

No status change, we hold our fire.

I've learnt to realise my brother is my own best friend. He'd always stick his nose in even though I turned around and said "It's none of your business", I know he only wanted to look out for me.

It takes a great deal of courage to follow another person's lead.

What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal.

The loss of love is a terrible thing; They lie who say that death is worse.

I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.

I definitely try to mix humour into anything I do, even if it is into a drama.

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.

The trouble is, we've been taught what to see and how to render what we see. If only we could be in the position of those men who did those wonderful drawings in Lascaux and Altimira!

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.