I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.

When one does not have what one wants, one must want what one has”: “I have had, you see, to resort more and more to very small, almost invisible pleasures, little extras. You've no idea how great one becomes with these little details, it's incredible how one grows.

Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost.

Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom.

A universal style is one that knows how to embrace lovingly those not quite developed.

I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find myself anew and rely only on myself, because I could rely on no one else. My form is my solitude.

Man is profoundly dependent on the reflection of himself in another man's soul, be it even the soul of an idiot.