Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

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.

Nothing worth doing's ever easy.

We rise up And we fall downOnly to rise again

A son for a flag is a lot of sacrifice.

Somebody needs to invent a shower for the mind, not just the body.

We are always looking for a small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London.

Science is not about status quo. It's about revolution.

Edison failed ten thousand times before he perfected the modern electric lamp. The average man would have quit at the first failure. That's why there are so many average men and only one Edison.

I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.

God doesn't bribe, child. He just makes a sign and lets people take it as they will.

Our judgment will always suspect those weapons that can be used with equal prospect of success on both sides.