At certain times, men regard poetry merely as a bright flame, but to women it was, and always will be, a warm fire.

Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.

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.

Genius differs from talent not by the amount of original thoughts, but by making the latter fertile and by positioning them properly, in other words, by integrating everything into a whole, whereas talent produces only fragments, no matter how beautiful.

Much as I honor the wisdom of the princess--there is something more dashing about a man.

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.

What raises great poetry above all else--it is the entire person and also the entire world.