Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.

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.

Parents, teachers, and politicians should not be judged by their popularity.

And the night shall be filled with music And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs And as silently steal away.

Revolutions are not about trifles but spring from trifles.

If you sell diamonds, you cannot expect to have many customers. But a diamond is a diamond even if there are no customers.

But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.

Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?

Platonic friendship-the interval between the introduction and the first kiss.

There is no life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or unrhymed.

Life without you is like a broken pencil, there's no point.

To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.