In this commonplace world every one is said to be romantic who either admires a fine thing or does one.

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.

There is nothing more American than buying a Japanese car on the 4th of July

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

At the end of the day nobody's perfect and everybody's weird whether they embrace it or not

There is light in the world, and it is us!

Happiness is being at peace with yourself while the self is united with a larger order of things.

When a candidate walks away from a reality show, that's when you know they're serious about being president of the United States.

Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.

Good fiction necessarily encompasses our limited understandings of one another, and of ourselves.

There cannot possibly be a god in heaven watching all of this calmly.