Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.

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.

Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.

They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.

Actually, with those dirty movies, I find like, they're good for about fifteen, twenty minutes. I'm really interested. And, then, uh, there's one point, that all of a sudden I'm bored. You know? I just lose interest completely and I feel deeply ashamed.

A man's enemies are those he should endeavor first to make his friends.

The Rolling Stones reunited for a twenty-fifth anniversary tour last week. Keith Richards said that he's happy to continue to do what he's been doing for the past twenty-five years: cheating death.