Not joy is the mother of dissipation, but joylessness.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

The degree and kind of a man's sexuality reach up into the ultimate pinnacle of his spirit.

Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.

We must beware of one who is in a passion against us as of one who has once sought our life; for the fact that we still live is due to the absence of power to kill, - if looks could kill, we should have been dead long ago.

You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.

Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.