If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there's always beer.
During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
Man, them engagement rings, boy, they cost a lot. I was looking at 'em. Cost like a thousand bucks, two thousand bucks, y'know. Three thousand bucks. Something like that- four thousand bucks. Big number divisible by a thousand, anyways.
A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it's the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.