So many of man's actions appear to have no immediate consequence but, concealed, do their work until finally all catches up and forms a complex web of cause and effect.
Living is a hazardous profession.
Humiliation scars deeper than the lash.
Danger is an aphrodisiac.
Be bad, and if you can't be bad be worse.
To be desired by those who are themselves highly desirable is in itself an aphrodisiac.