You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.
The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.
Moonlight is sculpture.
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.
We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.
Will and intellect are one and the same thing.
I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.
You always admire what you really don't understand.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.
I can bear any pain as long as it has meaning.
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
An idea is salvation by imagination
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.