It is through the cracks in our brains that ecstasy creeps in.

He who goes against the fashion is himself its slave

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

People have a right to be shocked; the mention of unmentionable things is a kind of participation in them.

How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?