Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
I gathered we were headed over Nob Hill, and from the angle, it seemed we were taking one of the steeper routes.
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
My head rang like a gong.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.