Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu , virtue free of moral acid).

As a result, nature is something entirely different from what comes to mind when we invoke its name.

Rendering oneself unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling-that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a peace of mind.

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.

Modern marriage has lost its meaning--consequently it is being abolished.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

Bad cooks - and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen - have delayed human development longest and impaired it most.