Betrayed and wronged in everything, I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apartWhere I’ll be free to have an honest heart.

Happiness must preclude false indulgence and physic.

There's only one way in and one way out of this world.

Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity... but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.

I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.'

There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.

Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his position to the satisfaction of our creative freedom.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day.

I am leaving the office but am not leaving the battle for peace.

Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?