Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in this field, and has as yet reflected on it not at all, sees in everything said briefly something embryonic, not without censuring the author for having served him up such immature and unripened fare.

Systems of morals are only a sign-language of the emotions.

The criminal type is the type of the strong human being under unfavorable circumstances: a strong human being made sick.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.

The consequences of our actions take hold of us, quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have 'improved.

Master-morality and Slave-morality.

In war personal revenge maintains its silence.