The only refuge left to us was the poet's ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.
Nothing is indifferent, nothing is powerless in the universe; an atom might destroy everything, an atom might save everything!
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
The key to success is simple. Make people dream.
The enthusiasm of old men is singularly like that of infancy.
The first man who compared woman to a rose was a poet; the second, an imbecile.