Wonderful nature has a double meaning, which dazzles great minds and blinds uncultivated souls. When man is ignorant, when the desert is filled with visions, the darkness of solitude is added to the darkness of intelligence; hence, in man, the possibilities of perdition

Phenomena intersect; to see but one is to see nothing.

The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.

That is the explanation of war, an outrage by humanity upon humanity in despite of humanity.

Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter.

A man trying to escape never thinks himself sufficiently concealed.

A translation in verse . . . seems to me something absurd, impossible.