[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

I understand the technique of eccentricity; it would be futile for a man to labor at establishing a reputation for oddity if he were ready at the slightest provocation to revert to normal action.

I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.

Opinions, from experts, cost money.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

There is only one object on earth that frightens me: a physicist working on a new trick.

What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to.