It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.
Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
Not everyone can be an orphan.
In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
Art begins with resistance — at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.
Everything's already been said, but since nobody was listening, we have to start again.
Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
