Philosophical systems are wholly true for their founders only.

He who cannot obey himself will be commanded. That is the nature of living creatures.

Around the hero everything turns into a tragedy, around the demigod, a satyr-play, and around God--what? perhaps a "world"?

If the all powerful god controls satan he is an accomplice, and if he doesn't, he is not an all powerful god.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Pity is extolled as the virtue of prostitutes.

Whoever gives advice to the sick gains a sense of superiority over them, no matter whether his advice is accepted or rejected. That is why sick people who are sensitive and proud hate their advisors even more than their illnesses.