It was certainly not this mummified and outrageously painted old woman he was seeing before him, but the entire "female species," as it was his custom to call women. The individual disappeared, the features were obliterated, whether young or senile, beautiful or ugly - those were mere unimportant variations. Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of Aphrodite.

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

Beauty is merciless. You do not look at it, it looks at you and does not forgive.

Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.

The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or to struggle to save others -even that is sufficient.

The only way to save yourself is to endeavor to save others.

What a strange machine man is! You fill him with bread, wine, fish, and radishes, and out comes sighs, laughter, and dreams.