The principal thing in the world is to keep the soul aloft.
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.
Beautiful things spoil nothing.
One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.
May I die like a dog rather than hasten the ripening of a sentence by a single second!
I don't believe that happiness is possible, but I think tranquility is.