Women want to serve, and this is where their happiness lies: but the free spirit does not want to be served, and this is where hishappiness lies.

Society tames the wolf into a dog. And man is the most domesticated animal of all.

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did not learn it better.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

Whoever regards human beings as a herd and flees them as swiftly as he can will no doubt be overtaken by them and impaled on theirhorns.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.