The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

Only the mediocre are always at their best.

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

Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life.

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

One of the privileges of the great is to witness catastrophes from a terrace.