Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.

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.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

I've always kind of gone with my heart.

The gods, my dear simple fellow, are a mere expression coined by vulgar superstition. We frown upon such coinage here.

It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked

Nobody's perfect but I definitely strive.

Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it.

In terms of legend, people do have a need, but I think you can't have a legend without the work or the art that comes before it.

Language to me is a tool a very clumsy tool. And words are garden tools with which to till the soil of one's life.

Ive always been into bodybuilding and keeping in shape, and I just challenge myself to see if I can continue to make improvements.

I believe that the most necessary thing to do on the feast of Corpus Christi is not to explain some aspect of the Eucharist, but to revive wonder and marvel before the mystery.