Winter, a bad guest, sitteth with me at home; blue are my hands with his friendly handshaking

How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs to stay aloft. One would have to seek the highest type of free man where the greatest resistance is constantly being overcome: five steps from tyranny, near the threshold of the danger of servitude.

If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. Man does not strive for pleasure; only the Englishman does.

Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected.

God is Dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we - we still have to vanquish his shadow, too.

And many such good inventions are there, that they are like woman's breasts: useful at the same time, and pleasant.

Many deeds are done so as to forget another deed: there are also opiate activities. I exist so that another will be forgotten.