Style is the dress of thoughts, and let them be ever so just.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

To make him important in one’s life requires an overactive imagination. Unfortunately, mine never knows when to quit.

I used to play pianos in bars. You know in hotels, you'd see guys playing piano with a snifter? That was me, with a painted-on mustache. I was about 15.

The right of the police of Boston to affiliate has always been questioned, never granted, is now prohibited.... There is no rightto strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.

When I go to dance clubs, I always dance with big girls, so we finish at the same time.

Anytime where you're challenged, physically or mentally, you rise to the occasion in different ways.

Degenerates are not always criminals, prostitutes, anarchists and pronounced lunatics; they are often authors and artists

Ship me somewhere east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raisea thirst.

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

One they stop talking to you, they start talking about you.