No one is such a liar as the indignant man.

The Great Man... is colder, harder, less hesitating, and without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany respect and 'respectability,' and altogether everything that is the 'virtue of the herd.' If he cannot lead, he goes alone... He knows he is incommunicable: he finds it tasteless to be familiar... When not speaking to himself, he wears a mask. There is a solitude within him that is inaccessible to praise or blame.

And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.

We can destroy only as creators

If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.