To be married is to be neither alone nor together.
Eternity: what a waste of time.
To think about and prepare for war is boring, boring for everyone. It's being locked in barracks.
If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
All expression, all art, is an indiscretion we commit against ourselves. This is not an 'impoverishment' but an increase in wealth, for it is in this way that we make the short hours of our lives live on beyond themselves.
I'm fond of human beings, but only one at a time.