When oxygen and sulphur dioxide are mixed in the presence of a filiament of platinum, they form sulphurous acid. This combination takes place only if the platinum is present; nevertheless the newly formed acid contains no trace of platinum, and the platinum itself is apparently unaffected: has remained inert, neutral, and unchanged. The mind of the poet is the shred of platinum.

That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

In the life of one man, never The same time returns.

Every moment is a fresh beginning.

Because I know that time is always time And place is always and only place.

The more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates.