Intelligence is nothing without delight.

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

Intelligence is nothing without delight.