The dances ended, all the fairy train For pinks and daisies search'd the flow'ry plain.

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.

You have to be smart enough to see the world for yourself and honest. The whole book-publicity thing is not really honest, at base.

Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has invariably remained his search for chess truth.

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

Being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or he is swallowed.

True love always brings joy to ourself and the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.

Sometimes, all you have to do is ask.

A godly man is never threatened by the gifts of a godly woman.

The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.

Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.

Engineers use knowledge primarily to design, produce, and operate artifacts. ... Scientists, by contrast, use knowledge primarily to generate more knowledge.