It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

And history becomes legend and legend becomes history.

He has the manner of a giant with the look of a child, a lazy activeness, a mad wisdom, a solitude encompassing the world.

Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.

One must not mistake majority for truth.

I feel myself inhabited by a force or being -- very little known to me. It gives the orders; I follow.

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.