Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.

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.

We are not for making shoes, so the shoemakers can have jobs, but so we can wear the shoes.

John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems... spastic colitis.

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

I've always tried to write the kind of book I most loved to read: character-centered adventure.

I'd be happy with this summer if it's all we ever had.

Clapping my hands with the echoes the summer moon begins to dawn.

Perhaps this is the ultimate freedom, eh, Dreamlord? The freedom to leave.

Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval

With those who wish to think amiss of me, I have learnt to be perfectly indifferent: but where I know a mind to be ingenuous, andto need only truth to set it to rights, I cannot be as passive.

If we had joined efforts some time ago [with U.S], we could have avoided many problems the world is facing now, I believe.