The great natures which are good, are above everything generous and don't begrudge the giving of themselves.

And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light.

I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.

Melancholy is a sensual pleasure that is deliberately provoked. How many people shut themselves away to make themselves sadder, or to weep beside a stream, or choose a sentimental book! We are constantly building and unbuilding ourselves.

To see one's name in print! Some people commit a crime for no other reason.

Only three things are infinite. The sky in its stars, the sea in its drops of water, and the heart in its tears.

Success as I see it is a result, not a goal.