Wit in conversation is only a readiness of thought and a facility of expression, or a quick conception and an easy delivery.

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.

If you can read this, then you have enough to be thankful for, because if you are still alive, you surely have a shot at making your dreams come true.

Good design is serious business.

The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions.

Wine is like beer except different.

If you don't know by now, you're never going to know.

It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture.

If you (to General Bertrand) do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well; then I did wrong to make you a general.

If we can find ways to love life and be joyful without being wasteful or destructive--that's what's important.

There can be no place in a 21st-century parliament for people with 15th-century titles upholding 19th-century prejudices.

I fell in love with my wife twenty years ago. I am only now, it seems, getting it through my very thick skull how lucky I am.