Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, they rise, they break, and to that sea return.

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.

A sense of peace came over me and I must have been smiling as I fell asleep.

There's a small choice in rotten apples.

There was no 'before' the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

I would renounce, therefore, the attempt to create heaven on earth, and focus instead on reducing the hell.

When someone has a weight problem when they're pregnant, they will struggle before, during and after to lose weight.

It's gratifying that people are watching that [Veep] intently and that hard. So it's been really nice and it's been really fun.

I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction.

I don't feel I have to struggle against allegory. I let the readers do the interpreting.

Celebration happens when the mind unites with the spirit.

Maybe life is a process of trading hopes for memories.