I rejoice in slander because it distracts from the truth. The truth hurts deeper than any insult. It is not bad to be misunderstood, it is worse to be understood. In trifles we are not surprised at the differences in taste, but as soon as it is a question of lust, the noise starts. Wickedness is a significant trait. It has always been the weapon of the weak. Few things are more stimulating than the first successful misdeed. Happiness does not consist in pleasure, but in breaking the barriers that one has erected against desire. Almost all chaste women die young or go mad, paralysed, weakened at the time of their bleeding. Therefore, they all have a bitter, domineering character.