The poet is at the disposal of the night. His role is humble, he must clean house and await its due visitation.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

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.

It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious.

There's no such thing as love; only proof of love.

When we awake it is the animal, the plant, that thinks in us. Primitive thought without the least disguise. We see a terrible universe, because we see clearly. A little later, intelligence introduces its impeding contrivances. It brings the little toys which man invents in order to hide the void. It is then that we think we are seeing clearly. We attribute our uneasiness to the miasmas of the brain as it passes from dream to reality.

The ability to laugh heartily is the sign of a healthy soul.