I have always thought that if we began for one moment to say what we thought, society would collapse.
Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments. . . . It is always only danger which forces the most deeply hidden strengths and abilities of a human being to come forth.
The strong is not the one who is physically powerful, but indeed, the one who controls himself when angry.
Old man, 40 years old against young hungry man from Great Britain!
I think that 'The Sopranos' uses music incredibly well.