Who dare to love their country, and be poor.

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.

The Baron told her that only art meant anything.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

...like a predator about to devour the target.

Try to take hold of your sensibility, and use it as if it were a faculty, like vision.

Men and women fall in love abandoning reality in favour of the dream

It wasn't possible just to rid oneself, simply, of the norms through which one is constituted.

I am really excited that we have Jemaine Clement in the show [X-men], because I freakin' love Flight of the Concords. It was so exciting to work with him.

Love is richest, most genuine, and most long lasting when you focus on being yourself and doing everything you can to make it possible for the other person to be him- or herself.

I think you're a taker. You've always been one. It's like God left some part of you out when He built you inside of me.

We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver.