He who is affected by an insult is infected by it.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly 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 extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.

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

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death.

History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth.