Happy the man, whose wish and careA few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native airIn his own ground.

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.

Screw your courage to the sticking-place

When I was 6 I became the poster child for my hospital and would go to banquets and make speeches. I did not get stage fright and I actually enjoyed talking to people of all ages.

The only place you can win a football game is on the field, the only place you can lose it is in your hearts.

If I'm president, we will win on everything we do.

Some people meditate because they want to get the larger picture on life. It could get kind of discouraging if this was all there was.

While I love film and want to continue to pursue it 100 percent, my home is TV.

The men of the past had convictions, while we moderns have only opinions.

All I've seen agents do is talk players into having bad senior seasons because they're trying to keep themselves from getting injured.

If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection.

I want to be like the athletes who seem stuck in time. When you see them at 50, you say they probably can still run like a champ.