If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade.

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.

People create sins out of nothing and in doing so have enslaved their fellow man! Man is not bound by sin but man is bound by the idea that almost everything he is doing is a sin!

I just want to say, good night, sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

I think track is still one of the most exciting participant sports, but we haven't been able to capitalize on that excitement through television and the print media.

A man walks into a pet shop and says: "Give me a wasp." The shopkeeper replies: "We don't sell wasps." He says: "There's one in the window."

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

A merry companion is as good as a wagon.

If you remember one thing from talking to me, remember this: I am just a girl who makes noises - and I'm incredibly lucky that people happen to like those noises.

A difficult decision for the referee's assistant. I wouldn't beat him up over it.

dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are.

The first question in any interactive process with another is: now Who Am I, and Who Do I Want to Be, in relationship to that?