That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
I don't own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time. If someone wants to get a hold of me, they just say 'Mitch,' and I say 'what?' and turn my head slightly.