Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.

Nothing is more piquant than when a man of genius possesses mannerisms; not so when they possess him -- this leads to spiritual petrification.

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

A good preface must be the root and the square of the book at the same time.

Life is writing. The sole purpose of mankind is to engrave the thoughts of divinity onto the tablets of nature.