Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.

Ugly women may be naturally quite as capricious as pretty ones; but as they are never petted and spoiled, and as no allowances are made for them, they soon find themselves obliged either to suppress their whims or to hide them.

God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.

We chase dreams and embrace shadows.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.