I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!
He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.
Man is more ape than many of the apes.
The body is a big sagacity, a plurality with one sense, a war and a peace, a flock and a shepherd.
Under peaceful conditions a warlike man sets upon himself.
When anyone apologizes to us he has to do it very expertly: otherwise we might easily come to see ourselves as the guilty party and experience unpleasant feelings.