I can still stand on life's narrowest footing: but who would I be were I to show you this art. Would you like to see a ropedancer?

Assuming that we have trained our imagination to denounce the past, we will not suffer much from unfulfilled wishes.

Men seldom persevere in a vocation unless they believe or can convince themselves that it is fundamentally more important than anyother calling. Women are the same with their lovers.

A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.

And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.

The most serious parody I have ever heard was this: In the beginning was nonsense, and the nonsense was with God, and the nonsense was God.

He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.