He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.

Women want to serve, and this is where their happiness lies: but the free spirit does not want to be served, and this is where hishappiness lies.

The rising and falling of the scales of pride and humility sustain the brooding mind as well as the alternations of desire and peace of the soul.

Among twelve apostles there must always be one who is as hard as stone, so that the new church may be built upon him.

It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.

He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.

The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.