There are things so serious that you can only joke about them. Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so. If you and your partner always agree, one of you is unnecessary. The first sign of a nervous breakdown is when you start thinking your work is terribly important. The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
Reality's the only obstacle to happiness.
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. I always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific. I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it. Don't dream a dream, live a dream and let reality sleep. We are born with our eyes closed and our mouths open, and we spend our whole lives trying to reverse that mistake of nature.