As a result, nature is something entirely different from what comes to mind when we invoke its name.
When virtue has slept it will arise more vigorous.
Whoever has not two-thirds of his time to himself, is a slave.
We no longer love our knowledge enough once we have passed it on.
Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.
That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies!