“Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.”

“All secrets are deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.”

“When women are secret they are secret indeed; and more often then not they only begin to be secret with the advent of a second lover.”

“Also, I do not like the companionship of women. They are petty and personal. They hang on to their mysteries and secrets, they act and pretend. I like the character of men better.”

“She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.”

“There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.”

“The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.”

“The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God.”

“That is the secret of happiness and virtue -- liking what you've got to do.”

“You can keep it a secret…. But secrets have their own weight, and it can be a very heavy one.”