A visionary is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world. Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
Moderation is a fatal thing. . . .
Nothing succeeds like excess. Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike. A pessimist is one who, when he has a choice of two evils, chooses both. There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.