It pays to be content with your lot.

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.

Without war there are no heroes.""What harm would that be?""Oh, Lavinia, what a woman's question that is.

True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate.

Heartbeat, why do you skip when my baby's lips meet mine?

I was actually qualified to be an art teacher, but I didn't want to teach.

I feel more confident than ever that the power to save the planet rests with the individual consumer.

My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner.

Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.

A system devolving power to the regions is the route to a viable Iraq.

We that change, hate change. And we that pass, love what abides. Ashes, darkness, dust.

Wrong people are wrong because they use their freedom to deny it to others.