God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

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

I love to watch the fine mist of the night come on, The windows and the stars illumined, one by one, The rivers of dark smoke pour upward lazily, And the moon rise and turn them silver. I shall see The springs, the summers, and the autumns slowly pass; And when old Winter puts his blank face to the glass, I shall close all my shutters, pull the curtains tight, And build me stately palaces by candlelight.

Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.

I am a cemetery abhorred by the moon, In which long worms crawl like remorse.

A man who drinks only water has a secret to hide from his fellow men.

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.