The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life.

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.

because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her

If we knew when we woke up that it would be the last day of our lives, we would transform every little act of our daily humdrum into small farewells.

An optimist is a man who plant two acorns and buy a hammock.

No. Don't you do this to us.

I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was like five months of shooting and a huge crew.

A mighty good sausage stuffer was spoiled when the man became a poet.

War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.

Decide where you are going and how you are to get there. Then make a start from where you now stand.

I personally love heights and roller coasters, I'm such an adrenaline junkie.

The simple and most complex answer is love.