You're a mouse studying to be a rat.
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.
I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.
He's a trellis for varicose veins.