Of all evil I deem you capable: Therefore I want good from you. Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.

The perfect woman perpetrates literature as she perpetrates a small sin: as an experiment, in passing, glancing around to see whether anybody notices--and to make sure that somebody notices.

Liberal institutions straightway cease being liberal the moment they are soundly established: Once this is attained, no more grievous and more thorough enemies of freedom exist than liberal institutions.

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

Christianity, alcohol the two great means of corruption.

Wherever progress is to ensue, deviating natures are of greatest importance.

The individual has always to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.