Youth is the time when hearts are large, And stirring wars Appeal to the spirit which appeals in turn To the blade it draws.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

You're all incredibly thoughtful souls who keep my head attached to my body.

He prays because he knows he doesn't control it. He's at the mercy of it.

Our streets are littered with university graduates holding paper certificates and looking for a way to enslave themselves again under a boss in the name of looking for a job.

There's a thin boundary between the light and dark side. Both are fervent to reign in the space of the other.

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.

A boy's best friend is his mother.

My parents did not have any interest in music.

It is fundamental to Socialism that we should liquidate the British Empire as soon as we can.

God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.

On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace.