If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.

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.

You have to grab the goal, visualise your vision, excel in excellence and then become distinct in distinction.

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.

Leave the eggs to bathe for 15 minutes in the hot water like a sexy Swedish chick in a natural mineral sauna.

A life of prayer is a life whose litanies are ever fresh acts of self-devoting love.

When I go stand up at the podium in front of the White House press corps, I never lie. I never say something that I know is untrue. Credibility is enormously important to a press secretary.

Eventually, in the editing movie you have to look at it as if you hadn't written it. So, you have to be a bit more brutal.

Anger can be an effective negotiating tool, but only as a calculated act, never as a reaction.

What gets measured, gets done. And what gets recognized gets done again, and even better.

You can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky since life, in spite of everything, is like a dream.

[Ulysses is] the work of a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples.