At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn't seem to be working.
The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?