One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths.
Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.
What is done out of love always occurs beyond good and evil.
Epicurus had rage and envy of Plato's superior style.
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
You may lie with your mouth, but with the mouth you make as you do so you none the less tell the truth.