Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none

Our dream dashes itself against the great mystery like a wasp against a window pane. Less merciful than man, God never opens the window.

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.

Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.

Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.