The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

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.

Change is not a four letter word...but often your reaction to it is!

Choosing to know yourself deeply hands you a torch to see beyond yourself, into the future. Into a strong future.

If Satan can't make you bad, he'll make you busy.

Actually I do support a charity, DefendersofWildLife.org. They help protect endangered species.

A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by it.

A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.

A noble craft, but somehow a most melancholy! All noble things are touched with that.

The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone