Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

If you take epitaphs seriously, we ought to bury the living and resurrect the dead.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

The humorous writer professes to awaken and direct your love, your pity, your kindness--your scorn for untruth, pretension, imposture....He takes upon himself to be the week-day preacher.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular way, you can count on change and external circumstances to come along which will challenge that decision. Remain vigilant after declaring a major decision and manage yourself in relationship to the goal. Set up structures that support you staying on target.

Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.