One must be quite satisfied that it is for an individual, and not merely the natural inclination for the other sex asserting itself.

Your first love, my poor Eynhardt, certainly belongs to this class.

Your youthful asceticism has had its revenge; now that your reason has got hold of the reins again, the rebellion of your instinct will soon be subdued." "I hope so," said Wilhelm.
"I am sure of it.

There is no doubt about the end of crises like these, and it really is difficult to take the misery they cause seriously, although it is bad enough while it lasts.

It is the most overpowering and yet the least dangerous of diseases.