What is bad? -Everything that arises from weakness.

It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation.

Christianity has the rancor of the sick at its very core-the instinct against the healthy, against health. Everything that is well-constructed, proud, gallant and, above all, beautiful gives offense to its ears and eyes.

Whom do you call bad?--Those who always want to induce shame.

He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul.

Supposing truth is a woman -- what then?

The rights which a man arrogates to himself are relative to the duties which he sets himself, and to the tasks which he feels capable of performing.