"He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars."

"Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps."

"Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death."

"Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish."

"All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business."

"I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat."

"It's amazing... to enjoy the results of your labor."

"The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter."