Wit,--the pupil of the soul's clear eye.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

Much like a subtle spider which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide; If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every side.

We may conceive an hope that the next generation will in tongue and heart and every way else become English; so as there will be no difference or distinction but the Irish sea betwixt us.

This is the slowest, yet the daintiest sense; For ev'n the ears of such as have no skill, Perceive a discord, and conceive offence; And knowing not what's good, yet find the ill.

What more than madness reigns, when one short sitting many hundreds drains.

If aught can teach us aught, Affliction's looks, Making us pry into ourselves so, near, Teach us to know ourselves, beyond all books, Or all the learned schools that ever were.

Deeds are males, words females are.

For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?

Hence it is that old men do plant young trees, the fruit whereof another age shall take.

Thou art true and honest as a dog.

I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man!

Every young person gets so excited about new software packages and new technology.

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

I love how intimate I've become with failure.

Be quick to do good. If you are slow, the mind, delighting in mischief, will catch you.

No company that I ever hacked into reported any damages, which they were required to do for significant losses. Sun didn't stop using Solaris and DEC didn't stop using VMS.

Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode.

I just want to say I've been lucky enough to travel all over the world and every time I come back to Manchester I'm addicted to this place.

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

If you really believe and really make a commitment, anything can happen.