Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.

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.

May you find comfort and peace in every situation.

Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.

Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.

Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.

If you're wandering the streets, talking in gibberish, nobody ever asks you to change anything about your art because there's no context for people to look at what you do.

Christianity is not so much the advent of a better doctrine as of a perfect character.

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to be incredibly naive.

The secret is to moisturize the face. I've been doing that since I was 17 years old. (on looking young)

If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.