Whoever reaches his ideal transcends it eo ipso.
Away from God and gods did this will lure me: what would there be to create if gods existed?
One never perishes through anybody but oneself.
Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.
The best way to give assistance to those who are deeply embarrassed and to calm them down is to praise them decisively.
The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.