A bottle of wine Still to be drunk, A bundle of thoughts Still to be thunk.

An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness.

Oh, the things that go through my mind that I never say. Oh, the things I say that never go through my mind.

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological.

There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents.

Perhaps I have lived my life to excess, but know what — if I had it to do over again, I would overdo it again.

As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there.