Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.

You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive.

The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo