“Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.”

The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

I don’t have any ambition.

All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.

In love, we are best pleased when we please others.

You can’t love your team without hating another team.

Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.

In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That’s what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn’t have a stupid opinion about it.

He that searches for praise will often find contempt.

If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.

Ever see this? It’s a homeless guy but he’s got a dog… The dog’s really thrilled with this idea. The dog’s going, Hey pal, I can do this by myself pretty well. The longest walk in the world you got me on here.

It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.

Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.

Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.

Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.

There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.

The corruption of people is to behave in an inhuman way.

What should a brand leader advertise?

Brand leadership, of course. Leadership is the single most important motivating factor in consumer behavior.

Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.

If I’m with a man I’m soft and buttery.

We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.

At some point, if you’re changing a really deep-seated behavior, you’re going to have a moment of weakness.