Boredom, that silent spider, was spinning its web in the darkness in every corner of her heart.

One mustn't always believe that feeling is everything. In the arts, it is nothing without form.

The denigration of those we love always detaches us from them in some degree. Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.

Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.

(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust.

Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. The ordinary person today lives better than a king did a century ago but is ungrateful!