When a man is ill his very goodness is sickly.

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out.

Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook.

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.

The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity.

I teach you beyond Man (superman). Man is something that shall be surpassed. What have you done to surpass him?