When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

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

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk!

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

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