Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty.

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics.