The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!

One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings.

Never write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened.

It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way.

Blessed is the satirist; and blessed the ironist; blessed the witty scoffer, and blessed the sentimentalist; for each, having seen one spoke of the wheel, thinks to have seen all, and is content.

The most interesting persons are always those who have nothing special to do: children, nurses, policemen and actors at 11 o'clock in the morning.