It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

The omnipresent process of sex, as it is woven into the whole texture of our man's or woman's body, is the pattern of all the process of our life.

Man lives by imagination.

The parents have not only to train their children: it is of at least equal importance that they should train themselves.

The aesthetic pleasure of dance is a secondary reflection of the primary, vital joy of courtship.

One can know nothing of giving aught that is worthy to give unless one also knows how to take.