“Wise politics is the art of invigorating society and weakening the State.”

“Revolution is progressive and seeks the strengthening of the state; rebellion is reactionary and seeks its disappearance.The revolutionary is a potential government official; the rebel is a reactionary in action.”

“Poetry rescues things by reconciling matter and spirit in the metaphor.”

“Unnütz, jemandem einen Gedanken erklären zu wollen, dem eine Anspielung nicht genügt.”

“Al divorciarse religión y estética no se sabe cuál se corrompe más pronto.”

“Al repudiar los ritos, el hombre se reduce a animal que copula y come.”

“I distrust every idea that doesn’t seem obsolete and grotesque to my contemporaries.”