Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea.

Genius is of no country.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

A joke's a very serious thing.

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.

If you know from whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations on where you can go.

The restlessness and the longing, like the longing that is in the whistle of a faraway train. Except that the longing isn't really in the whistle—it is in you.

...the only simplicity to be trusted is the simplicity to be found on the far side of complexity.

Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.

Nowadays, with history not being taught anymore in American public schools, self-esteem is taking its place.

The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.

I just want to say, 'Nice job,' but now let the professional take over. There can only be one me. Uno más me.

‎You cannot correct an old person every time they say something offensive. You would never make it through Thanksgiving dinner!

If you want anything to change, you've got to change it. If you want things to get better, you've got to get better. And the only way to really do well in life is to find more value than anybody.