Curiosity creeps into the houses of the unfortunate and the needy under the name of duty or of pity.
The happiness of man is: I will. The happiness of woman is: he wills.
Madness is the result not of uncertainty but certainty.
Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.
I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, and the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, subterranean and small enough - I call it the one immortal blemish on the human race.
Generally speaking, the greater a woman's beauty, the greater her modesty.