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

A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.

I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the best; in fact, he is usually the worst.