One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double. That is the compensation of the old.

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.

What are you that makes me feel thus? Who are you for whom time has no meaning?

Poetry is another name for a person’s telling of the self, existence and what is beyond, and one’s own perceptions.

Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end.

We are forever surrounded by ash. But we are fire. And fire rises.

In many respects, this country is becoming an oligarchy, with a tiny percentage of America owning the media, owning the country.

Domestic abuse is wrong, but domestic retribution is okay.

Maybe Life is random. No fate. No God. Just Time.

I never took the work less than serious, my work ethic is ingrained in me. But I've always had a sense of humor about myself.

The only thing Earl (Weaver) knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

You take the constructive criticism, because without the fans you would have no show.