Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

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.

Psychological motivation is the desire to change relations between two points, and so psychology is the study of equations with two unbound variables. ("America: Three Audiences")

I'm afraid it will never be perfect again. I am indelibly stained. Forever redefined, but blurred around the edges.

I stood there in the shadowed doorway thinking with my tears. Yes, tears can be thoughts, why not?

The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise.

I quit because I didnt feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game.

I'm not active in politics. I vote as a citizen. And if somebody cares to know what my opinion is at the time of the election, I might or might not share it publicly.

My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad.

In fact, by universal grammar I mean just that system of principles and structures that are the prerequisites for acquisition of language, and to which every language necessarily conforms.

Carry an oar when you drive. Three times I've ended up in water.