True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.

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.

Love is not measured by acts or years, but by truth between two people.

It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything.

Ordinary riches can be stolen real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.

I have a fear of being boring.

True ecstasy is stepping out of the bondage of the time-bound, space-bound world. We long to be free of fear and limitation. We hunger to experience our infinite, unbounded Self.

I used to wear more makeup, but I've learned to enjoy being natural.

No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.

New ideas are not born in a conforming environment.

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.