A silent mouth is sweet to hear.

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?

Progress, this great heresy of decay.

Evil comes up softly like a flower.

A work of art should be like a well-planned crime.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

I felt passing over me the wind of the wing of madness.

Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.

The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.

The People adore authority.

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

Remembering is only a new form of suffering.

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

The world progresses only through misunderstanding.

Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music

What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice.