Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.

One can only be silent and sit peacefully when one hath arrow and bow; otherwise one prateth and quarrelleth. Let your peace be a victory!

If you believed more in life you would fling yourself less to the moment.

Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his friendly handshaking

Knowing things halfway is a greater success than knowing things completely: it takes things to be simpler than they really are andso makes its opinions more easily understandable and persuasive.

The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.

Speaking of Georges Bizet: His music has the tang of sunny climates, their bracing air, their clearness. It voices a sensibility hitherto unknown to us.