One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

A typical Ponzi scheme involves taking money from investors, then paying them off with money taken from new investors, rather than paying them from actual earnings.

Once you have the money, fame, success or power, it's so easy to maintain that, because all you have to do is play it safe.

You make a movie, and if there's a red light flashing in the distance, everyone thinks that the director had a whole lot of money and a great idea that the red light means something. Then you say, 'Yeah, we couldn't afford to shut the red light off that was broken two blocks away.'

As I've said before, free money scams are a problem.