A fair-minded person tries to see both sides of an argument.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Riley asked himself why he had ever considered space travel romantic. “Because you are a romantic, ” his pedia said.

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was.

Think less. Take action. Be authentic.

The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.

Because to write, one must truly suffer.

I do as much research as is physically possible when I'm playing a real person, be they alive or dead.

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?

Regardless of how you interpret the facts, you have to come to the conclusion that inequality is widening in the US and in almost every other country.

If your not daring to believe God for the impossible, your sleeping through some of the best parts of your Christian life.

There's no need to imagine that you're a wondrous beauty, because that's what you are.