Where there is the tree of knowledge, there is always Paradise: so say the most ancient and most modern serpents.

Inexperienced girls flatter themselves with the notion that it is in their power to make a man happy.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

This is one of the stout-hearted old warriors: he is angry with civilization because he supposes that its aim is to make all goodthings--honors, treasures, beautiful women--accessible even to cowards.

The beast in us must be[78] wheedled: ethic is necessary, that we may not be torn to pieces.

The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.