We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons.

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.

When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.

You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.