There are no more thorough prudes than those who have some little secret to hide.

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.

The best way to keep a secret is to forget about it.

Accept certain inalienable truths.

I'm interested in the sheer fascination of beauty - beauty is fascinating.

Amongst good men two men suffice.

Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.

She is my flower and she blooms for the one who loves her best.

The new is older than the old; And newest friend is oldest friend in this: That, waiting him, we longest grieved to miss One thing we sought.

Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.

I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?

Though people see me in a good light all the time, I turn off my phone and take time to have a good conversation with myself while enjoying nature alone when I'm having a hard time.