Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.
One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.
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.
The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.
One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.