Every woman has the instinct, the propensity to profit from her charms, and there's a lot to be said for giving oneself without love, without pleasure.

You modern men, you children of reason, cannot begin to appreciate love as pure bliss and divine serenity.

You know how to paint pleasure, cruelty, arrogance in glowing colors.

You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood.

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

Be then my slave, and know what it means to be delivered into the hands of a woman.

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

A real apple is more beautiful than a painted one, and a live woman is more beautiful than a Venus of stone.

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

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

Desire followed the glance, pleasure followed desire

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

We lose our way around the Bible when we take our eyes off the Cross.

The other guys are selling certainty. Not me. I'm on the corner with doubt.

I'm very unphysical and graceless so basically if you save 10 people to be with you in a resistance movement, you would never save me. I'd be the last one.

There's only one thing to do with God's offer of the gift of salvation: Say "thank you" and embrace it.

What is done for the children is doubly beneficial, since their success, obvious to everyone, educates the parents as well.

I want my games to teach a message about life, by presenting situations where the answer isn't a clear yes or no.

Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger.

I hate to break this to you: One of these days I'm going to die. I expect that when I croak I'll no longer be using Twitter, unless I can do it from the grave.

Value investors should completely exit a security by the time it reaches full value; owning overvalued securities is the realm of speculators.