Be not the first by whom the new are tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

In faith and hope the world will disagree, but all mankind's concern is charity.

To err is human; to forgive, divine.

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by showing its faults; as when a stream discovers the dirt at the bottom, it convinces us of the transparency and purity of the water.

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

While pensive poets painful vigils keep, Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.

… as General Berringer would readily admit, “If you’re in a fair fight, I’ve done something wrong.

People do not like being lied to, and they do not like having their rights violated. So as soon as [officials] stop making arguments, you see support for me starts to rise.

A car hit a Jewish man. The paramedic says, "Are you comfortable?" The man says, "I make a good living."

Hopefully I can become the Babe Ruth of the World Wrestling Federation and be the champion at the same time.

I take goldenseal, Echinacea and cod liver oil when flying to boost my immune system.

There's this large trend - I think the next trend in the Web, sort of Web 2.0 - which is to have users really express, offer, and market their own content, their own persona, their identity.

Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel.

We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms us in ordinary moments.