We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

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.

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external.

The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.

I was aborted and did not die.

Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.

I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.

Resist. Unlearn. Defy.

It helps being from somewhere other than Hollywood, not having grown up with that sense of film-making. I really wasn't exposed to that as a young woman.

The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think.