Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.