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

The preservation of friendship is seen as opportunism. You are required to be in one camp or the other. You are enjoined to cut your heartstrings if they extend across the barricade.

It is difficult to live without opium after having known it because it is difficult, after knowing opium, to take earth seriously. And unless one is a saint, it is difficult to live without taking earth seriously.

Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

Mirrors should think longer before they reflect.

It seems to me that invisibility is the required provision of elegance. Elegance ceases to exist when it is noticed.