The most common sort of lie is the one uttered to one's self.

But every soil becomes finally exhausted, and the ploughshare of evil must always come once more.

The ability to suffer is a small matter - weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that.

Just as bones, tissues, intestines, and blood vessels are enclosed in a skin that makes it possible to bear the sight of a human being, so the agitations and passions of the soul are wrapped up in vanity: it is the soul's skin.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.