Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
I do not love men: I love what devours them.
Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.
True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.