Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive.

Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish.

For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.

For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

I quote others in order to better express myself.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.