The grave unites; where e'en the great find rest, And blended lie th' oppressor and th' oppressed!

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.

Failure is a steppingstone to poverty, Cosmic Ordering is an elevator to success.

The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.

It was our third game in five days. It seemed to have an impact on us.

If you feel lonely within your relationship, pay attention to this inner warning signal!

Trade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way.

I don't think anyone's ever thought I was a drug dealer.

If they're going to remember the problem, make sure they remember it fondly.

In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary.

One must spoil as many canvases as one succeeds with.

It wasn't a deliberate decision to become a poet. It was something I found myself doing - and loving. Language became an addiction.