Not only is the self entwined in society; it owes society its existence in the most literal sense.

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.

The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.

Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.

He who has loved and who betrays love does harm not only to the image of the past, but to the past itself.