Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
Courage is grace under pressure.
The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
All that spirits desire, spirits attain.
He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
A good liar must have a good memory.
Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.
My loneliness was born when men praised my talkative faults and blamed my silent virtues.
It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.