Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.

We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.

I don't know the difference between a hippie and a hipster but, it's fun to watch either one of them get beat up.

The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.

The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.

In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That's what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn't have a stupid opinion about it.

The joy a person is usually seen to express at the conversion of another to his opinion is seldom more than the impulse of egotistical satisfaction at being considered worthy of didactic imitation.