Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?

Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.

At seventy-four I'm getting minor raves on my looks, but I'm caught in the middle. Who knows what seventy-four looks like? Who cares? But if I'd listened to my friends, I could now lie and say I'm eighty-four. For eighty-four, the way I look is spectacular.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.

Get up early in the morning before everybody has breathed up all the good air.