And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God?

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.

Just knowing that they could read made the Baudelaire orphans feel as if their wretched lives could be a little brighter.

We sat still, our breathing loud and rhythmic, its music melancholy, a traditional song of sorrow.

Do not open that door until I'm in my room. I may be old and losing my hair, but I still want to look nice for a handsome man.

I think the world is often like that.” “Like what?” “Comic, but only at the right distance.

It's not pain. It's raw material.

Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.

Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.

Dimitri should have been here with me. That's how it was supposed to have been.

The problem of insufficient security was, until quite recently, a matter of a minority; now it is becoming very quickly a majority matter. That is a major change.