"I am a living demonstration of the fact that a man can remain a virgin until he is 30, and yet be a man."

"What is a poet? An unhappy being who conceals profound agonies in his heart but whose lips are so formed that when the sighs and cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music."

"An illusion can never be destroyed directly, and only by indirect means can it be radically removed... That is, one must approach from behind the person who is under an illusion."

"The more a man is a crowd, the less he is a man."

"The present state of the world and the whole of life is a big consolation for me. I may not be great, but I'm not the only one who's a failure."