Where such men love they have no desire and where they desire they cannot love

The only unnatural sexual behavior is none at all.

I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new.

Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.

public self is a conditioned construct of the inner psychological self.

One becomes gradually accustomed to a new realization of the nature of 'happiness': one has to assume happiness when Fate does not carry out all its threats simultaneously.

A poor girl may have an illusion that a prince will come and fetch her home. It is possible, some such cases have occurred. That the Messiah will come and found a golden age is much less probable.