Always 'duty.' I am sick of the word. They are a lot of old blockheads in flannel vests and of old women with foot-warmers and rosaries who constantly drone into our ears 'Duty, duty!' Ah! by Jove! one's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and not accept all the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.

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

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

I have dreamed much and have done very little.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it

I invite all brats to throw their cookies at the baker's head if they're not sweet, winos to chuck their wine if it's bad, the dying to shuck their souls when they croak, and men to throw their existence in God's face when it's bitter