“It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train,and always on time for the next.”

“Put up in a placewhere it is easy to seethe cryptic admonishmentT.T.TWhen you feel how depressinglyslowly you climbit's well to remember thatThings Take Time.”

“TIMING TOASTGrook on how to char for yourselfThere's an art of knowing when.Never try to guess.Toast until it smokes and thentwenty seconds less.”

“We ought to live each day as though it were our last day here below. But if I did, alas, I know it would have killed me long ago.”

“A WORD TO THE WISELet the world pass in its time-ridden race; never get caught in its snare.Remember, the only acceptable casefor being in any particular place is having no business there.”

“Whenever you're called on to make up your mind,and you're hampered by not having any,the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny.No - not so that chance shall decide the affairwhile you're passively standing there moping; but the moment the penny is up in the air,you suddenly know what you're hoping. ”

“Nobody can be lucky all the time,so when your luck deserts you in some fashiondon't think you've been abandoned in your prime,but rather that you're saving up your ration.”