What's fame? a fancy'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death.

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.

it's a fine moon', she repeated

If liberals didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all.

Your kids are never to young or too old to hear nice words about them.

the lonliest sound in the world is other people making love.

If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.

I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel.

Most of the things we spend our lives chasing will turn to dust in the end.

The little birds have God for their caterer.

I don't care about going down in history as a great bull rider or bronc rider. I hope people will remember me as a great cowboy.