Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.
Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
An entire lifetime would not be long enough for you to exhaust the glance of the young harvest-girl.
When sometimes, behind his back, they called him a tyrant, he merely smiled and uttered this profound observation: If some day I turn liberal, they will say I have let them down.
Violence has never prospered, you can't remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!