It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

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.

The only bridge I've ever burned along this legacy I dance is the one that linked the cities of prosperity and chance.

A business that is not growing after all, is dying.

When you just have a torch and horror around you... then turn off the torch.

It is not how much money or luxury you avail a child that counts, but how well you nurture and raise the child to become useful, and a more productive individual in the society that matters

You can recreate your world, do not give up until people call you a champion.

A good gulp of hot whisky at bedtime - it's not very scientific but it helps.

C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.

If we are attacked we can only defend ourselves with guns not with butter.

The De Bernières were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier.

Expect the best and get it.

Because it is so hard, in any life, to believe in what you can’t fully understand.