Beautiful things spoil nothing.
And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light.
For a long time now my heart has had its shutters closed, its steps deserted, formerly a tumultuous hotel, but now empty and echoing like a great empty tomb.
I have dreamed much and have done very little.
What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.
But an infinity of passions can be contained in a minute, like a crowd in a tiny space.