Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease!

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.

With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.

We can't wait to be happy until we remove one hundred percent of suffering. That moment will never exist.

If there were dreams to sell Merry and sad to tell And the crier rung his bell What would you buy?

TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.

Kissing scenes with a boy or a girl, they're awkward. There's nothing sexy about it. There's a lot of people standing around.

I'm an old man of 73, and I've been around a long time. If I don't know something by now, I probably never will.

Most people will change, weather it's for the good or bad

& he ill, he real, he might gotta deal He pop bottles & he got the right kinda bill

Though I love you like a brother, I would rather be your lover.