You cannot deny that love lasts for only a brief moment, uniting two beings as a single being that is capable of only one thought, one sensation, one will.

Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason.

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

Never feel safe with the woman you love, for a woman's nature conceals more dangers than you think.

Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

Despite all the progress of civilization, women have remained exactly as they emerged from the hand of Nature.

The person who doesn't know how to subjugate will all too quickly feel the other's foot on the nape of his neck.