To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.

The Ideal Man should talk to us as if we were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should always say much more than he means, and always mean much more than he says.

Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.

There is no such thing as morality or immorality in thought. There is immoral emotion.

It is awfully hard work doing nothing.