Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.

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.

I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.

There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions.

. . . it is a corrupting thing to live one's real life in secret. One should live with the stream of life, not against it.

My mother is home. Your mother is your home. Everybody is a momma's boy or a momma's girl. That's where we came from, from a woman's womb.

He who thinks he knows, doesn't know. He who knows that he doesn't know, knows.

I'm not really comfortable singing without accompanying myself on stage - I'm not used to it.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Join The 5 am Club. Your most valuable hours are 5am-8am. They have the least interruptions.

Each of our lives is a part of the lengthy process of the universe gradually waking up and becoming aware of itself.

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.