No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea.

Genius is of no country.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

A joke's a very serious thing.

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.

Trust is the action of faith.

Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuse

I am old. I should have left before. Any fool can ride the chariots of victory. It takes judgement to get off at the right time.

True love is loving yourself thoroughly so that you can love another unconditionally.

The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct.

The science of fossil shells is the first step towards the study of the earth.

You can remember times when you were a kid, when life looked too doggoned deliciously beautiful to be left alone. So you could feel like that again if you worked at it.

Suicide is what the death certificate says when one dies of depression.

The great discoveries are usually obvious.

To be the man, you gotta beat the man!