Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.

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.

Just as heart is a fountain of unspoken words, the universe is a womb of wonder weird worlds.

I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden".

There is a fascinating chaos to life

The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.

Do not seek after what you yearn for, seek the source of the yearning itself.

...this initiation ceremony, known as 'signing the Official Secrets Act', has no legal force; everyone is bound by the Act whether they sign the form or not.

Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

Accuracy of signal and free flow of information define sanity in my epistemology.

At one time I thought that if I could really understand renunciation and bodhichitta from the depths of my heart, then, for this lifetime that would be enough.

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.