Politeness is organized indifference.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that which does not exist.

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long.