"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors."
"A breath of wind from the wings of madness."
"A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else."
"A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle."
"Always be a poet, even in prose."
"Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry."
"Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."
"Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation."
"Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art."