Concentrate on something useful. Having decided to achieve a task, achieve it at all costs.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.

Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.

The saxophone is the embodied spirit of beer.

Time is the explicable raw material of everything.

The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.