Love forgives the lover even his lust.

They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.

I love all who are like heavy drops falling one by one out of the dark cloud that lowereth over man: they herald the coming of the lightning, and succumb as heralds.

Democratic institutions form a system of quarantine for tyrannical desires.

Linguistic danger to spiritual freedom.- Every word is a prejudice.

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

When an idea is just rising on the horizon, the soul's temperature with respect to it is usually very cold. Only gradually does the idea develop its warmth, and it is hottest (which is to say, exerting its greatest influence) when belief in the idea is already once again in decline.