He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
A small revenge is more human than no revenge at all.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.
In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.
But let me open up my heart to you completely, my friends: if there were gods, how could I bear not being a god! Hence, there areno gods. I drew this conclusion, to be sure--but now it draws me.