True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.
A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.
You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.
When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.
The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.