Of darkness visible so much be lent, as half to show, half veil, the deep intent.

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.

Ideal is the one, who knows the self.

I have never heard a president in bad times running against - let's face it, that's what he's doing here - running against bad times, when he's the presiding officer.

I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.

I haven't been to a gas station in years. It feels so good not to be a slave to gas, playing the whole game of war for oil.

The only incontrovertible fact of my work is the importance of life.

Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.

Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness,--service is the secret.

Oh my God! I'm crushing an angel. Let me up!

I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.

We are only geometricians of matter; the Greeks were, first of all, geometricians in the apprenticeship to virtue.