To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

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.

The more you understand your true spiritual identity, and your connection with the Supreme, the easier it will be to love your Self.

There is no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain - do something to make more money yourself.

I finished law school in '56, but I was working two jobs.

Full many wanton babes have I, Which must be stilled with lullaby.

Simplicity is the law of nature for men as well as for flowers.

There's a lot of landscape I never would have described if I hadn't been homesick. The impulse was nostalgia.

Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.

Art is by nature optimistic. Art is optimistic because it is alive.

I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.