Whoever turns away from us might not offend us in doing so perhaps, but he certainly offends our followers.

The small force that it takes to launch a boat into the stream should not be confused with the force of the stream that carries it along: but this confusion appears in nearly all biographies.

Whoever thought that he had understood something of me had merely construed something out of me, after his own image.

Human life is inexplicable, and still without meaning: a fool may decide its fate.

Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter.

Courageous, unconcerned, scornful, coercive - so wisdom wisheth us; she is a woman, and ever loveth only a warrior.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.