The higher you ascend, the smaller you appear to the eye of envy. But most of all they hate those who fly.

When anyone apologizes to us he has to do it very expertly: otherwise we might easily come to see ourselves as the guilty party and experience unpleasant feelings.

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

Strength is the morality of the man who stands out from the rest, and it is mine.

A nation that still believes in itself holds fast to its own god.

One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy.

We can speak very much to the purpose and yet in such a way that the whole world cries out in contradiction: namely, when we are not speaking to the whole world.