Whoever has loved once, knows all that life contains of sorrow and of joy.

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.

Reason has not tamed desire: it is as strong as ever.

No one grows up thinking they want to be a ghostwriter. No one plans on that job.

People sometimes ask me, "You're still in a primary - why are you criticizing [Donald] Trump?" It's because I don't want what he's saying to stand unanswered.

We were each other's only link to the past . . . that was the strength of our bond, and also our weakness.

Be the smartest at the table and you can wear whatever you want.

People have a right to my food, a right to my housing, and a right to my good job for my decent pay.

A lot of times, in music especially, it's producers making a political decision.

If you're going to war over religion, now you're just getting into a fight over who has the better imaginary friend.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.