I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.

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.

You WILL eventually become what you think. Whether you succeed or fail is determined in your mind long before we see it play out in real-time.

i am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me.those seem to be the two choices. everything else is just killing time.

If I’m chasing the wrong thing, what I’m chasing will end up chasing me. And in the end, I’m less likely to be the one doing the catching.

Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.

Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

I grew up in the home of a pastor, and my earliest memory is that God really had a plan for my life and that I was special - this is really weird - but I felt that.

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.

My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee. Unfortunately, she was just coming home.

A man who does not ask to much become the promise of his land. His marriage married to his place, he waits and does not stray.