Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game untroubled by the certainty of the outcome.

Always cut the cards...and smile when you lose.

Audacity, always audacity - soundest principal of strategy.

The worst that can possibly have happened to him is death and that we are all in for---if not this morning, then in days, or weeks, or years at most.

A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.

Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.

Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival".