To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

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.

Colourful lips are pretty, child but they also speak colourful lies.

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.

The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.

It is in the social sphere, in the realm of politics and economics, that the Will to Order becomes really dangerous.

When I was seventeen I drank some very good beer I drank some very good beer I purchased With a fake ID My name was Brian McGee I stayed up listening to Queen When I was seventeen

I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. And it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it.

How is it having more control if we have a recession as the Bank of England and IFS say?

One has to endure betrayal and disloyalty and, hardest of all , another person's excellence of character or intellect

High culture is paranoid about sentiment. But human beings are intensely sentimental.