The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring and avoids it. Without the hidden conspiracy of goodwill, society would not endure an hour.

Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization.

The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained.

Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense: the creative act.

The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech.

Crooked cards and straight whiskey, Slow horses and fast women.

You don't become a saint until you lead a good life whether in Tibet or Italy or America.