If you want to penetrate into the heart of physics, then let yourself be initiated into the mysteries of poetry.

In the ancients, one sees the accomplished letter of entire poetry: in the moderns, one has the presentiment of the spirit in becoming.

God the father, and even more often the devil himself, appears at times in the place of fate in the modern tragedy. Why is it thatthis has not induced any scholar to develop a theory of the diabolical genre?

Both in their origins and effects, boredom and stuffy air resemble each other. They are usually generated whenever a large number of people gather together in a closed room.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

He who has religion will speak poetry. But philosophy is the tool with which to seek and discover religion.