He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

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.

I have been where you are now. I have felt the fears and resolved them. I have had the doubts and concerns and found the way forward.Lift up your head, and step ahead...

You don’t read to exercise the mind but to take voyages

Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.

. . . they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.

Many states have laws against cousin marriage, which I think are ridiculous - people should be allowed to make that choice.

I probably have some sort of chocolate five times a week. There's definitely a change it does to the chemistry of the body. It's my favorite feeling. I live for it.

We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50 years.

Democracy has turned out to be not majority rule but rule by well-organized and well-connected minority groups who steal from the majority.

I'd say that it's important for music to be there that gives you a challenge, that rearranges things in your head.

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.