The reason adultery is immoral is that it might lead to marriage.

There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.

When we cannot stand certain people, we try to have suspicions about them.

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

Beauty is for the artist something outside all orders of rank, because in beauty opposites are tamed; the highest sign of power, namely power over opposites; moreover, without tension: - that violence is no longer needed: that everything follows, obeys, so easily and so pleasantly - that is what delights the artist's WILL TO POWER.

Only strong personalities can endure history, the weak are extinguished by it.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.