Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; You've play'd, and lov'd, and ate, and drank your fill: Walk sober off, before a sprightlier age Comes titt'ring on, and shoves you from the stage.

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.

If you Have ever Fainted, You Are a stranger in the land of the dead!

Rational conduct on the basis of the idea of calling, was born... from the spirit of Christian asceticism.

Pray greatly.Pray gladly.Pray graciously.Pray gallantly.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life.

It is essential to our interest and the security of our colonies that the several nations or tribes of Indians... who live under our protection, should not be molested or disturbed.

You may be talented but you're not Kanye West.

I was lucky enough to be able to grow and mature in a natural way as an actress.

Unfortunately, I like to feel a little stubble when I kiss. Women are too soft.

The flocks fear the wolf, the crops the storm, and the trees the wind.