Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with.

It{California} is the land where the fabled Aladdin's Lamp lies buried-and she {San Francisco} is the new Aladdin who shall seize it from its obscurity and summon the genie and command him to crown her with power and greatness and bring to her feet the hoarded treasures of the earth.

The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first

It is wiser to find out than to suppose.

The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life too closely examined may not be lived at all.

I cherish the dreams of yesterday and dare not dwell on the err's of my past whose fate has been long decided, and effect I can not change. For the dreams of yesterday are the challenges of today, and the hope for tomorrow.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.