Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rhyme, Happy to catch me, just at dinner-time.

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.

...it is often more difficult to remember to be mindful than to be mindful itself. (p. 47)

People define you based on what you value...

There is a safe spot within every tornado. My job is to find it.

We'll be submitting healthcare sometime in early March [2017], mid March, and after that, we're going to come up, and we're doing very well on tax reform.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.

Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life.

It is unimaginable that the United States would have to contribute hundreds of billions of dollars and highly unlikely that we would have to contribute even tens of billions of dollars.

In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.

Avicenna California...Museum of my twisted youth, vault of my dearest and most disgusting memories.

We adore, we invoke, we seek to appease, only that which we fear.