There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, this is the miracle of genius.
Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them.
It is only barbarous nations who have a sudden growth after a victory
If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.
Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.)
I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!