The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.

Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility.

The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.

We all have the republican spirit in our veins, like syphilis in our bones. We are democratized and venerealized.

We love women in proportion to their degree of strangeness to us.

A multitude of small delights constitute happiness

Passion I hate, and spirit does me wrong. Let us love gently.