"At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and more creative when they were essentially forced to write instead of scribbling only when the mood struck them."

"Die my dear Doctor? That's the last thing I shall do!"

"Ya know, if you treated every comic the way you treated me tonight. You would never see a bad show."

"Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blowwom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity."

"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."

"When there's a lot of light, you don't notice the dark. When there's a lot of dark you always notice the light."

"The Creator gave man two ears and one mouth;there is a reason why He did so."

"In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them."

"The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."

"Virtue they will but abuse, and taunt her with bitter revilling."

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true."

"Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life."