Intelligence is nothing without delight.
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.
Now I know that at the heart of the universe is joy.
In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.
We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.
Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.