The world forgetting by the world forgot.

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.

To prevent your time from just melting into vanity, you must race against time and stand in the way of time so you could convert it to tangible products.

Great leadership has more to do with character, courage, and conviction than it does with specific skills or competencies.

If a man has no vices he's in great danger of making vices about his virtues and there's a spectacle.

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground there are a thousand ways to go home again.

I don't have any [favourite role]. I'm just a working actor.

Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.

... the moral equal of our Founding Fathers.

There is an old motto that runs, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This is nonsense. It ought to read, "If at first you don't succeed, quit, quit at once."

People tend to sit where there are places to sit

The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency.