Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.

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.

I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.

The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.

I'm nothing more than a sports slave.

The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.

I would never kiss anyone/ Who doesn't burn me like the sun.

I took some important things with me from sports. Rock and roll is a team sport. You're only as good as your weakest link.

Georgie Porgie, he might buy the whole league, but he doesn't have enough money to buy fear to put in my heart.

It's hard for me to worry about the studios losing money. I'm not very sympathetic to their money problems, because they certainly haven't been sympathetic to mine.

He who commands the sea has command of everything.