Without a notion of the transcendental, human beings would, indeed, be animals; however, only fools can be convinced of it, and only degenerates need such a conviction.

The graceful flowers of innocence are more valuable than the laurel crown of fame.

If human beings are immortal, so are animals. If matter has the ability to remember, it also has the ability to think.

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.

Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.

I know how ingratitude burns, how falsehood tortures, for I have been deceived in friendship and in love; I have learned to lose and to resign myself.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.