The composition and distribution of this book is thus an act of…

Religion in life is either an amusement and a soporific, or a sham and a swindle.

I am inclined to agree with the Head Master of Eton that pæderastic passions among schoolboys 'do no harm'; further, I think them the only redeeming feature of sexual life at public schools.

I was in the death struggle with self: God and Satan fought for my soul those three long hours. God conquered — now I have only one doubt left — which of the twain was God?

I am certainly of opinion that genius can be acquired, or, in the alternative, that it is an almost universal possession.

There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

Every man and every woman is a star.