The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work,the writer provides food for the prince.

Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.

Why does the past look so enticing to us? For the same reason why from a distance a meadow with flowers looks like a flower bed.

In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

The manifestation of poetry in external life is formal perfection. True sentiment grows within, and art must represent internal phenomena externally.