Distrust interested advice.

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.

You live like it is your best when you live on purpose.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

I'm not a nerd, I play one on TV.

The lord works in mysterious ways. Indeed. And a shorter way to say that is: God is a sneak.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

And, frankly, what happens out of Washington is, it creates a wind in my face, uncertainty over Obamacare, uncertainty over their tax policy, uncertainty over the regulatory policy.

Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale.

Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.

I educated myself. To me, school was boring.