Masterpieces are only lucky attempts.
I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one’s being...
And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.
Sex is the most respectable and holy thing in all creation, the most serious act in life.
Genius, whether locked up in a cell or roaming at large, is always solitary...
Oblivion is the flower that grows best on graves.
Life is a succession of afflictions for the heart.
The intellect seeks, the heart finds.
It is extraordinary how music sends one back into memories of the past...
When mental sickness increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight against the effects.
The marriage vow is an absurdity imposed by society.
As far as I am concerned I would rather spend the rest of my life in prison than marry again.
It is high time that we had lights that are not incendiary torches.
Writing a journal means that facing your ocean you are afraid to swim across it, so you attempt to drink it drop by drop.
The more you lose the right to be jealous, the more so you become!
The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one’s eyes...
Party politics is now a real farce.
Travelling is like a novel: it’s what happens that counts.
I needn’t tell you that success and failure prove nothing – the whole thing is a lottery. It’s pleasant to succeed; but for a philosophic mind it oughtn’t to be very upsetting to fail.
Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren’t stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.