The flesh is the upper surface of the unknown.

The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral.

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real.

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it has flowed by meditating only on the images offered by those changing shores.

God became man, granted. The devil became a woman.

You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear.

Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy.