To glorify the cult of images (my great, my only, my earliest passion).

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

Beware of all the paradoxical in love. It is simplicity which saves, it is simplicity which brings happiness...Love should be love.

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

One can only forget about time by making use of it.

One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.

The habit of doing one's duty drives away fear.