I love him who scattereth golden words in advance of his deeds, and always doeth more than he promiseth: for he seeketh his own down-going.

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.

Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?

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

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.

Desire is happiness: satisfaction as happiness is merely the ultimate moment of desire. To be wish and wish alone is happiness, and a new wish over and over again.

I desire that your conjectures should not reach beyond your creative will. Could you create a god? Then do not speak to me of any gods.