Anti-theses.- The most senile thing ever thought about man is contained in the celebrated saying 'the ego is always hateful'; the most childish is the even more celebrated 'love thy neighbor as thyself'. - In the former, knowledge of human nature has ceased, in the latter it has not yet even begun.

A book should long for pen, ink, and writing-table: but usually it is pen, ink, and writing-table that long for a book. That is why books are so negligible nowadays.

The strongest have their moments of fatigue.

Are you visiting women? Do not forget your whip

Our salvation lies not in knowing, but in creating!

In art the end does not sanctify the means: but sacred means employed here can sanctify the end.

Possessions are usually diminished by possession.