Each person has his strong point.

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.

To me, writing is like learning to ride a bike. At first you have your training wheels on but before you know it, you have graduated to a ten speed!!

The problem is that many who reject Marx do not read him, or read him only by bringing prejudices to their reading that prevent them from understanding him.

And the basic sort of thrust of Star Trek being about equality and tolerance and things I believe in deeply.

Under our plan you can build wealth, even if you don't have a dollar to spare.

While it is a cause for regret that Fischer did not continue to produce scintillating games, he perhaps had a greater impact on chess than any other twentieth century player

It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents.

I've always loathed rich people, so I've become who I've loathed, which makes it doubly difficult, if you can follow me.

The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world.

If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

Combine practice with belief.