“Come what may, I have been blest.”

The devil was the first democrat

Of religion I know nothing — at least, in its favor.

This is to be mortal, And seek the things beyond mortality.

Damn description, it is always disgusting.

The best prophet of the future is the past.

I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please, the more because they preach in vain

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

I learned to love despair.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

Let joy be unconfined.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty; I woke and found that life was duty.

They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.

I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I’d played golf I would have been skint.

It’s something that’s been part of my tenure at Exodus over the last decade plus.

The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.

It is a magic carpet under which everything has been swept.

Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.

I have no regrets in my life even the crazy things I’ve been in. It all made me the I am today and I wouldn’t change anything. I’m happy with who I am!

It [Cambridge] wasn’t a holy grail in the sense that I’d never been to Cambridge.

It’s much easier to follow something that’s not been as successful as this.