Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement.

The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it.

One who is unassuming in dealing with people exhibits his arrogance all the more strongly in dealing with things (city, state, society, age, mankind). That is his revenge.

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

You who hate the Jews so, why did you adopt their religion?

Man makes god in his own image.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.