Those who suffer most cry out the least.

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.

Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again.

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Even in the most difficult situation there is always, somehow, a way to triumph

This is a frightening statistic. More people vote in 'American Idol' than in any US election.

I actually have more shoes than anyone will ever know.

When I read about young designers selling 51 percent of their company to someone else, I cringe. I want to say, 'Don't do it - call me first.'

Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.