The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.
The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.
Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.