“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”

“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”

“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”

“Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.”

“I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness.”

“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.”

“Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.”

“Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.”

“The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”