It is only possible through the fact that sympathy for the general life and suffering of mankind is very weakly developed in the individual.

"State," I call it, where they all drink poison, the good and the wicked; "state," where they all lose themselves, the good and the wicked; "state," where they all call their slow suicide-"life."

Great intellects are skeptical.

Help thyself: then everyone will help thee too. Principle of Christian charity.

How much beer is in German intelligence?

A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.

And when your soul becometh great, then doth it become haughty, and in your sublimity there is wickedness.