The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born.

There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.