To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense

Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea.

Genius is of no country.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

A joke's a very serious thing.

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.

If she had looked into his eyes at that very moment she would have seen the inferno that she had thrown him into.

God gives great treasures.

If I loved you, well that's my fault

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.

Heroics are not easily had for the young in our times. Perhaps that is why they go to such extremes to create their own dangers.

It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling

There are no rules for living, because you are unique. Find your truth in each moment and dare to live it. That is the way to freedom.

We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address our addiction to oil in the future.

For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.