Pleasure alone makes existence worthwhile. A pleasure-seeker has a difficult time parting from life.

Venus in Furs has caught his soul in the red snares of hair. He will paint her, and go mad.

The struggle of the spirit against the senses is the gospel of modern man. I do not wish to have any part in it.

Every man--I know this--turns weak, pliant, ridiculous as soon as he's in love.

You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood.

Watch out, I have a large, very large fur, with which I could cover you up entirely, and I have a mind to catch you in it as in a net.

A slap in the face is more effective than ten lectures. It makes you understand very quickly.