Alas! There cometh the time when man will no longer give birth to any star. Alas! There cometh the time of the most despicable man, who can no longer despise himself.

Humility has the toughest hide.

If one considers how much reason every person has for anxiety and timid self-concealment, and how three-quarters of his energy and goodwill can be paralyzed and made unfruitful by it, one has to be very grateful to fashion

Concerning great things one should either be silent or speak loftily.

Like tourists huffing and puffing to reach the peak we forget the view on the way up.

How much rationality and higher protection there is in such self-deception, and how much falseness I still require in order to allow myself again and again the luxury of my sincerity.

A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possesses at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.