“MEETING THE EYEYou'll probably findthat it suits your bookto be a bit clevererthan you look.Observe that the easiestmethod by faris to look a bit stupiderthan you are.”

“A bit beyond perception's reach I sometimes believe I see that life is two locked boxes each containing the other’s key.”

“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.”

“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. ”

“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.”

“It isn't enough to exasperate others. You have to remember to gladden yourself!”

“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.”