The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part is waiting for the proper lull to make the announcement.

Men and women -- even man and wife are foreigners. Each has reserves that the other cannot enter into, nor understand. These have the effect of frontiers.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

A wanton waste of projectiles.

It isn't safe to sit in judgment upon another person's illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet.

The timid man yearns for full value and demands a tenth. The bold man strikes for double value and compromises on par.