As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

Half the human race can change its name and sometimes its nation without suffering — at least half! All women!

Water is the one substance from which the earth can conceal nothing; it sucks out its innermost secrets and brings them to our very lips.

An agreement is never reached in love. The life of a wife and husband who love each other is never at rest. Whether the marriage is true or false, the marriage portion is the same: elemental discord.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don't require an acetylene torch.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.