For both parties in a controversy, the most disagreeable way of retaliating is to be vexed and silent; for the aggressor usually regards the silence as a sign of contempt.

I want to teach men the sense of their existence, which is the Superman, the lightning out of the dark cloud man.

A married philosopher belongs to comedy.

The spirit of the poet craves spectators... even if only buffaloes.

Egoism is the law of perspective applied to feelings: what is closest appears large and weighty, and as one moves farther away size and weight decrease.

The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.

And you tell me, friends, that there is no disputing taste and tasting? But all life is a dispute over taste and tasting!