By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one.

so few in reality are the true necessities of man

He who is invisible sees more clearly, hears more clearly, and is better able to read the thoughts of men.

Let your youth have free reign, it won't come again, so be bold and no repenting.

The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. It can divine nothing clearly, nothing with certainty.

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.