No religion can be built on force.

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking.

Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.

The intellect seeks, the heart finds.

I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.

Welcome the back talk, because it's completely natural and normal. It's actually a sign that the new idea you've planted in your mind is taking root.

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

Only God can fully satisfy the hungry heart of man.

It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.

Obama is seen as very, very cool. I think a lot of people find him sexy.

I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.

The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.

Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to a loved one.

Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.