Love is a boaster at heart, who cannot hide the stolen horse without giving a glimpse of the bridle.

One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.

It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.

It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death.

All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?

A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it.

Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.

The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.

Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask.

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that.

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

It's no fun being a loser. Trust me.

I never want to lose my Canadian-ness...and when I say Canadian-ness, I mean down-to-earth. I like being able to not take myself seriously and to not feel entitled.

his snores sounded like ducks mating.

I guess you can tease me about being a drama queen, because that did heighten the drama.

I was raised in a truly typical Midwestern home with a lot of repression. My life, and the creation of Playboy, were a response to that repression.

As cows need milking and sweet peas need picking, so writers must continually exercise their mental muscles by a daily stint.

The soul which cannot endure fire and smoke won't find the Secret.

I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.