There's no greater tragedy than an equal intensity, in the same soul or the same man, of the intellectual sentiment and the moral sentiment. For a man to be utterly and absolutely moral, he has to be a bit stupid. For a man to be absolutely intellectual, he has to be a bit immoral.

To kill our dream life would be to kill ourselves, to mutilate our soul. Dreaming is the one thing we have that's really ours, invulnerably and inalterably ours.

La literatura es la manera más agradable de ignorar la vida.

To be understood is to prostitute oneself

Why is art beautiful? Because it's useless. Why is life ugly? Because it's all ends and purposes and intentions.

Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!

The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.