boxes.py

import os
text = 'this is text\nsomething\nsomething else\nsomething or other'
lines = text.split("\n")
maxlen = max(len(line) for line in lines)
print ' '+'-'*maxlen
for line in lines:
    print '|'+line+' '*(maxlen-len(line))+'|'
print ' '+'-'*maxlen
if 'win' in os.sys.platform:
    os.system('PAUSE')