"Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away"
"A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love"
"Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round"
"I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera"
"You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends' portraits hang and look thereon; Ireland's history in their lineaments trace; think where man's glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends"
"Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill"
"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"
"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams"
