God will pardon me. It is His trade.

There is no Sixth Commandment in art. The poet is entitled to lay his hands on whatever material he finds necessary for his work.

While we are indifferent to our good qualities, we keep on deceiving ourselves in regard to our faults, until we come to look on them as virtues.

Every period of time is a sphinx that throws itself into the abyss as soon as its riddle has been solved.

Oh, what lies there are in kisses.

Human misery is too great for men to die without faith.

In dark ages people are best guided by religion, as in a pitch-black night a blind man is the best guide; he knows the roads and paths better than a man who can see. When daylight comes, however, it is foolish to use blind, old men as guides.