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

“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.”

“The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.”

“If rape or arson, poison or the knifeHas wove no pleasing patterns in the stuffOf this drab canvas we accept as life -It is because we are not bold enough!”

“What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?”

“One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”

“Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.”