Any man, however blase or depraved, finds his love kindled anew when he sees himself threatened by a rival.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Though your vulgarian does not readily admit that feelings can change overnight, certainly two lovers often part far more abruptly than they came together.

Genius is answerable only to itself; it is the sole judge of the means, since it alone knows the end; thus genius must consider itself as above the law, for it is the task of genius to remake the law; moreover the man who frees himself from his time and place may take everything, hazard everything, for everything is his by right.

Sensuality is the death of the soul.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought.