Homer excels all the inventors of other arts in this: that he has swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.

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.

In a world where death is the hunter, my friend, there is no time for regrets or doubts. There is only time for decisions.

You can only make magic if you act at the right time when the right conditions are in place

For my part, i travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move

I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.

If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection.

On a scale of one to ten, I'm probably a six when it comes to flirting. I'm quite shy.

The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really.

Idleness is the great plague of India.

Tobacco and religious organisations.

The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.