It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.