Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.
Polite conversation is rarely either.
Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Think before you speak. Read before you think.
In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.