"Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different."
"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."
"What fire does not destroy, it hardens"
"Jemanden zu beeinflussen bedeutet, ihm eine fremde Seele zu geben."
"Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes."
"You have killed my love. You used to stir my imagination. Now you don't even stir my curiosity. You simply produce no effect. I loved you because you were marvelous, because you had genius and intellect, because you realized the dreams of great poets and gave shape and substance to the shadows of art. You have thrown it all away. You are shallow and stupid"