Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.

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.

To light a candle is to cast a shadow...

God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.

Can't be loyal to everyone, it's a conflict of interest.

Baseball is to our everyday experience what poetry often is to common speech — a slightly elevated and concentrated form.

Vote for the man who promises least he'll be the least disappointing.

Death is just life's next big adventure.

The right wing walks the walk; the left wing taxes the people that walk the walk

People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.

Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.