"I am not a Caesar, nor a Borgia, nor a Napoleon. I am only a poet."

"I have been in love with a great many women, and never loved one of them."

"That low vice, curiosity."

"I have a great contempt for all hypocrisy, and I strive to be honest in all things."

"I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week."