There is a very prevalent tenet with youth, that good company is every thing desirable, and that bad is even better than none.

A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that has been successfully practiced on themselves.

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

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.

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

The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.

Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.