Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

All lyrical work must, as a whole, be perfectly intelligible, but in some particulars a little unintelligible.

Neither a work of nature nor one of art we get to know when they have been finished; we must surprise them in the process of beingcreated so as to understand them to some degree.

There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).

Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hope of new pleasure, is it worthwhile to dress and undress?

Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

We're only really thinking when we can't think out fully what we are really thinking about!