Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

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.

I’m going to punch words in your ear holes.

People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with ‘welcome’ written on it.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Give us a genuine Christianity that may provoke persecution, but will not provoke contempt.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Lukewarm people don't really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin.

I leaned in toward her, suddenly overwhelmed with the feeling that we must kiss.

In Presence, there is no outcome. It is our involvement in the outcome that keeps us imprisoned in an imagined future. In Presence, there is only now.

The best way to save face is not to use the lower half.

…She was, obviously, one of those women whose polished words may reflect a book club or bridge club, or any other deadly conventionality, but never her soul.