Sensuality Often Makes Love Grow Too Quickly,

To Get Into Just Those Situations Where Sham Virtues Will Not Suffice, But Rather Where, As With The Ropedancer On His Rope, One Either Falls Or Stands--or Gets Down.

The Most Instructive Experiences Are Those Of Everyday Life.

To Think Historically Is Almost The Same Thing Now As If In All Ages History Had Been Made According To Theory.

Good Manners Disappear In Proportion As The Influence Of A Court And An Exclusive Aristocracy Lessens; This Decrease Can Be Plainly Observed From Decade To Decade By Those Who Have An Eye For Public Behavior, Which Grows Visibly.

One Loves Ultimately One's Desires, Not The Thing Desired.