Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.
How describe the delicate thing that happens when a brilliant insect alights on a flower? Words, with their weight, fall upon the picture like birds of prey.
The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.