Is it not better to fall into the hands of a murderer, than into the dreams of a lustful woman?

Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

The poison by which the weaker nature is destroyed is strengthening to the strong individual and he does not call it poison.

It is only when we have ceased to be the followers of our followers that we comprehend how meaningless followers are.

The value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it - what it costs us

Men use a new lesson or experience later on as a ploughshare or perhaps also as a weapon; women at once make it into an ornament.

How little is required for pleasure! The sound of a bagpipe - without music, life would be an error.