The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them

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.

The books you have read and the knowledge and inspiration you have gained can never be taken away from you.

When Big Meech and everybody got indicted, hustling died. Keep it trill.

The law of cause and effect: If you do what other successful people do, you will eventually get the results that other successful people get.

I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concentrate on words.

Knowledge we have. Anyone who strives for it with particular intensity is suspect of striving against it.

The Red Army is like a furnace in which all captured soldiers are melted down and transformed the moment they come over.

I don't think that my twenties were any more dramatic than those of most people I know. I was never that bad and I never became that good.

If you dry the chestnut, both the barks being taken away, beat them into powder and make the powder up into an electuary with honey, it is a first-rate remedy for cough and spitting of blood.

For when I am powerless, it is then that I am strong.

The tragedy of Karbala decided not only the fate of the Caliphate, but also of Mohammadan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and disappeared.