It pays to be prepared.

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.

I am the spirit of the river that caught you when you were falling as leaf, you don't remember me, but I do.

The only friend you can ever have that understands you better than anyone else is you”.

I try to eat healthy all the time. I don't eat takeaways. I drink mostly water or coconut water.

Popular literature and culture used to reflect people's aspirations, pain, and passion. All those particular things are no longer available to us.

The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.

When did it become something of shame or ridicule to be a self-made man in America?

I do believe in an afterlife. I try to be at one with people and try to love life as much as I can.

I think most human beings, even if you're in a situation that's constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive.

Never under estimate a pretty little liar.

The insistence that the commercialisation of the body is a fit subject for political discussion and intervention is well overdue.