Whatever the thing you wish to say, there is but one word to express it, but one verb to give it movement, but one adjective to qualify it; you must seek until you find this noun, this verb, this adjective.

Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry.

A good sentence in prose should be like a good line in poetry, unchangeable, as rhythmic, as sonorous.

That man has missed something who has never left a brothel at sunrise feeling like throwing himself into the river out of pure disgust.

One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table.

There are some men whose only mission among others is to act as intermediaries; one crosses them like bridges and keeps going.

You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything