The public is a hibernating bear, hard to awaken and fond of honey.

Emblem: the carapace of the great crowned snail is painted with all the flags of the United Nations.

Life is always rich, thought only occasionally so.

Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.

I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.

Elegance thrives on exclusion.

Metaphysics keeps surviving its obituaries.