There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.
O heart! love is thy bane and thy antidote.
There are no more thorough prudes than those who have some little secret to hide.
One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered.
Sex is the most respectable and holy thing in all creation, the most serious act in life.
The life of great geniuses is nothing but a sublime storm.