If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.
Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.
Don't tell me that you have exhausted Life. When a man says that, one knows that life has exhausted him.
Fantastic shadows of birds
No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.
We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.