I certainly am sincere, although I am not always serious. It is well to refrain from mentioning what we intend to do, or intend not to do, since we are all sailing under sealed orders, and nothing is so apt to occur as the unexpected. Look upon any new idea as a possible one, until you know positively that it isn't. A good kick may start a stone rolling, when otherwise it rests on the mountainside for a generation. Read the lives of great men and you will come to the conclusion that it is harder to find a gentleman than a genius.
Health is the first wealth.
The North Pole is not really worth having, otherwise some Scotsman would have, long ago, gone up there and grabbed onto it. The ability to perceive the absurd and laugh is proof of sanity. Two is the sacred number - not three. There are things God can do with two, that he could never do with three. You can win love without half trying, but to keep it is another matter.