Under peaceful conditions a warlike man sets upon himself.

Whoever reaches his ideal transcends it eo ipso.

One can lie with the mouth, but with the accompanying grimace one nevertheless tells the truth.

That the world is not the embodiment of an eternal rationality can be conclusively proved by the fact that the piece of the worldthat we know--I mean our human reason--is not so very rational. And if it is not eternally and completely wise and rational, then the rest of the world will not be either; here the conclusion a minori ad majus, a parte ad totum applies, and does so with decisive force.

In morality, man treats himself not as individuum but as dividuum.

It is not your sin - it is your moderation that cries to heaven; your very sparingness in sin cries to heaven!

Our crime against criminals lies in the fact that we treat them like rascals.