But see how oft ambition's aims are cross'd, and chiefs contend 'til all the prize is lost!

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.

And out the bus window, here is my dead world come true, my whole dead world in motion.

The only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life?

I'm sorry, Mankind can't get to the phone right now, cause he's got The Rock's foot in his mouth!

Purple Haze all in my brain, lately things don't seem the same. Actin' funny but I don't know why. 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky.

I think [my kids] are runners. They definitely have the background. I try to help them as much as I can.

I’ll never forget my very first [SNL] show. I had a card in my changing room from Kristen Wiig. It just had a heart on the inside, and she’d written “Have fun.” That always stayed with me.

Every act is a visual judgement.

We have the notion that we exist but we have no way to prove it. 'I am' is the closest foundation we can get.

To live happily with other people one should ask of them only what they can give.

To a friend, achievement is good news, to an enemy, it's bragging.