Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

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 can't look at everything hard enough!

Talking to God should be part of every aspect of life, in times of peace as well as in every battle.

Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.

Death is just a distant rumour to the young.

It's better to live one day on this planet being true to yourself than an entire lifetime which is a lie

God buries His workmen, but not His work.

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

I'm in love with my job and money comes with that. I do what I can, and in life and in general, you're rewarded for hard work.

The only people who should use the possessive 'we' are kings, newspaper editors, and persons with tapeworms.

A cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed.