truths are illusions of which one has forgotten that they are illusions, metaphors that have become worn-out and deprived of their sensuous force, coins that have lost their imprint and are now no longer seen as coins but as metal.

The best friend will probably acquire the best wife, because a good marriage is founded on the talent for friendship.

Man is very well defended against himself... The actual fortress is inaccessible, even invisible to him, unless his friends and enemies play the traitor and conduct him in by a secret path.

Ye shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: ye must be proud of your foes.

We ought to face our destiny with courage.

Woman understands children better than man does, but man is more childlike than woman.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?