It sounds not only disagreeable but also paradoxical, yet it must nevertheless be said that anyone who is to be really free and happy in love must have surmounted his respect for women and have come to terms with the idea of incest with his mother or sister.

It almost looks like analysis were the third of those 'impossible' professions in which one can be quite sure of unsatisfying results. The other two, much older-established, are the bringing up of children and the government of nations.

Tobacco is the only excuse for Columbus's misadventure in discovering America.

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.

I prefer the company of animals more than the company of humans. Certainly, a wild animal is cruel. But to be merciless is the privilege of civilized humans.

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

The only shame in masturbation is the shame of not doing it well.