Against boredom even gods struggle in vain.

one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.

Where there is the tree of knowledge, there is always Paradise: so say the most ancient and most modern serpents.

At the bottom of all these noble races the beast of prey, the splendid blond beast, prowling about avidly in search of spoil and victory.

'He who seeks may easily get lost himself. It is a crime to go apart and be alone.' Thus speaks the herd.

Philosophical systems are wholly true for their founders only.

It is obvious that all sense has gone out of modern marriage; which is, however, no objection to marriage but to modernity.