“Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.”

“The only people who get better are people who know that, if they never get better, God will love them anyway.”

“Do not keep company with people who speak of careers. Not only are such people uninteresting in themselves; they also have no interest in anything interesting. . . . Keep company with people who are interested in the world outside themselves. The one who never asks you what you are working on; who never inquires as to the success of your latest project; who never uses the word career as a noun -- he is your friend.”

“In the end, those who demean others only disrespect themselves.”

“I would take care you speak of her with respect for, of course, I will interpret any disrespect for her as disrespect for me.”

“I don't disrespect anybody, but if I get disrespected, I'm over with you.”