To drink in the spirit of a place you should be not only alone but unhurried.
To turn events into ideas is the function of literature.
Man has an inexhuastible faculty for lying, especially to himself.
The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.
It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colours of life in all their purity.