Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.

On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to it from all sides. They carry the person as if in a stream, and one needs hardly to swim for oneself.

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

Music and love are the only accomplishments of humanity which do not, in an absolute sense, have to be called attempts with unsuitable means.

He is educated who knows how to find out what he doesn't know.

Every superior personality, and every superior performance, has, for the average of mankind, something mysterious.