To be a great man and a saint to oneself, that's the only important thing.
We are all born marked for evil.
The artist is today and has been for many years, despite his absence of merit, simply a spoiled child. So many honors, so much money bestowed on men without souls and without education.
A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle.
Where ever I am not is the place where I am myself.
Every healthy man can do without food for two days — but without poetry, never!