When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.

To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.

True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

When I listen to the engine of my car, I might say it sounds fine, but it would not occur to me to say "What lovely music!