Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.

For the rest of his life, Oliver Twist remembers a single word of blessing spoken to him by another child because this word stood out so strikingly from the consistent discouragement around him.

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.

Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life.

Some conjurers say that number three is the magic number, and some say number seven. It's neither my friend, neither. It's number one. (Fagin)

I said hello to the poodle.

Would you love money more than man?

While positive mental states may be associated with less stress and more resilience to infection, positive well-being might also be accompanied by a healthy lifestyle.

A good title holds magic, some cognitive dissonance, a little grit between the teeth, but above all it is the jumping-off place into wonder.

There comes a time when only anger is love.

There is no truth. Only points of view.

We must be what we are, or we become our enemies.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

It is the glorious uncertainty of golf that makes it the game it is.

I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I'm always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I'm on holiday.