Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.

Away from God and gods did this will lure me: what would there be to create if gods existed?

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.

Joy wants the eternity of all things, wants deep, wants deep eternity.

Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity.