It was Christianity which first painted the devil on the worlds walls; It was Christianity which first brought sin into the world. Belief in the cure which it offered has now been shaken to it's deepest roots; but belief in the sickness which it taught and propagated continues to exists.

Shackled heart, free spirit.--Whoever binds his heart tightly and imprisons it may indulge his spirit in many liberties: I have already said that once. But no one believes me unless he already knows.

Triumph depends on a roll of Fate's dice; the ultimate prize is a place in Heaven.

Clever people are never credited with their follies: what a deprivation of human rights!

I love him who loveth his virtue: for virtue is the will to down-going, and an arrow of longing.

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.

Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.