Giving alms is only a virtuous deed when you give money that you yourself worked to get.

A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing.

Wendelin Van Draanen

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.

Anatole France

I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.

Rachel Roy

A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

Michel de Montaigne

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

James A. Baldwin

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

Warren Buffett

Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again.

Edward Hoagland

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

Shirley Conran

Even when I'm sick and depressed, I love life.

Arthur Rubinstein

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

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The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

Oscar Wilde