Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice.

Tolerance is a proof of distrust in one's own ideals.

The dyed-in-the-wool teacher takes everything seriously only with respect to his students--himself included.

A nation is a detour of nature to arrive at five or six great men- yes, and then to get around them.

What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger

I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them learn and teach differently, but merely say farewell to their own bodies-- and thus become silent.

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.