Smooth iceis paradisefor those who dance with expertise.

There would be no sunshine in society if the born flatterers, I mean the so-called amiable people, did not bring it in with them.

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

When we cannot stand certain people, we try to have suspicions about them.

Whoever possesses the will to suffering within himself has a different attitude towards cruelty: he does not regard it as inherently harmful and bad.

The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.

Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable.