Envy will merit as its shade pursue, But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

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.

Why do people who can talk right waste so many words saying nothing?

The key to good eavesdropping is not getting caught.

You can't control the things that happen to you, but you can control the way you feel about them.

The number of e-mails and letters that I get from choreographers, from sculptors, from composers who are being inspired by science is huge.

Otis D'ablo is alive! Do you here me? He is alive and trying to kill me!

We don't like to think of ourselves as subject to the forces of the world, we like to think of ourselves as exerting that force.

Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.

When I was labeled stupid, that scarred me forever.

Although much of the media have their antennae out to pick up anything that might be construed as racism against blacks, they resolutely ignore even the most blatant racism by blacks against others.