Lord Byron, formally George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon.

All human history attests that happiness for man,--the hungry sinner!-- since eve ate apples, much depends on dinner.

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation -- with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Sorrow is knowledge.

Adversity is the first path to truth.