No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth

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.

Let them come. We’ve got helicopters, tanks, jets, and big guns. We’ve got armies of robots. What do they have but their stench and the squalor they live in?

Don't be in a hurry in life. The sacred-time determines the due events.

Mums are mums, lance-constable. They don't like to see men managing by themselves, in case that sort of thing catches on.

Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

I gather that he nearly knocked you down, damaged your property, and generally made a nuisance of himself, and that you instantly concluded he must be some relation to me.

Figure out what something is worth and pay a lot less.

Know what you own, and know why you own it.

I hate cars. They are so loud, and ugly, and full of toxic exhaust, like radiohead fans.

Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.

Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator.