Family pride entertains many unsocial opinions.

There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect

In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human race.

Who conquers indolence conquers all other hereditary sins.

Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy.

The quarter of an hour before dinner is the worst that suitors can choose.

The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie.

Idlers cannot even find time to be idle, or the industrious to be at leisure. We must always be doing or suffering

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

Suicides pay the world a bad compliment. Indeed, it may so happen that the world has been beforehand with them in incivility. Granted. Even then the retaliation is at their own expense.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

I looked into your eyes and was captivated by the chaos that ran through you. I wish you hadn't said all the things I wanted to hear!

Every time when we think we smart, and following for mainstream, we've been used to kill ourselves. 08.07.11

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.

I didn't actually figure out how to get guidance, so I just decided to go to school at University of Southern California because they sent me a glossy brochure.

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

I'm not at a point in my life when I'm analyzing too much.

Then India, everyone has his own idea of India.

My mom beat me up," I informed my reflection. It looked back sympathetically.