A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

I tell ya if I hadn't chosen the career of being a performer I think linguistics would have been a natural area that I'd have loved -- to teach it probably ... Language has always fascinated me. There's a genetic inheritance there ... a good language gene which I inherited [from my mother and grandfather] and she fostered that in me as he fostered that in her.

Great men unknown to their generation have their fame among the great who have preceded them and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasures

In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers you can make no calculation upon the termination of any debate.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

A better farmer ne'er brushed dew from lawn / A worse king never left a realm undone!

To be successful you have to be selfish or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

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