Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.
It’s only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdry that you can get tenderness.
An idea is like a rare bird which cannot be seen. What one sees is the trembling of the branch it has just left.
Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!
No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.
Life is like a cucumber. One minute it's in your hand, the next it's up you ass.