With one more talent one frequently stands with greater instability than with one less, as a table stands better on three legs than on four.

A small revenge is more human than no revenge at all.

The drive toward knowledge has a moral origin.

The golden fleece of self-sufficiency guards against cudgel- blows but not against pin-pricks.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

Some rule out of a lust for ruling; others, so as not to be ruled:Mto these it is merely the lesser of two evils.

Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second.