That a god like Jehovah should have created this world of misery and woe, out of pure caprice, and because he enjoyed doing it, and should then have clapped his hands in praise of his own work, and declared everything to be very good-that will not do at all!

The old woman dies, the burden is lifted.

Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

All the cruelty and torment of which the world is full is in fact merely the necessary result of the totality of the forms under which the will to live is objectified.