Where neither love nor hatred is in the game, a woman's game is mediocre.

Worldly Wisdom Do not stay in the field! Nor climb out of sight. The best view of the world Is from a medium height.

All idealism is falsehood in the face of necessity.

And many such good inventions are there, that they are like woman's breasts: useful at the same time, and pleasant.

One who has a why can endure anyhow.

The best of all things is something entirely outside your grasp: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second-best thing for you - is to die soon.

A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . .