Untroubled, scornful, outrageous - that is how wisdom wants us to be: she is a woman and never loves anyone but a warrior.

My time has not yet come either; some are born posthumously.

Error has made animals into men; is truth in a position to make men into animals again?

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

The noble soul reveres itself

Do I advise you to love the neighbor? I suggest rather to escape from the neighbor and to love those who are the farthest away from you. Higher than the love for the neighbor is the love for the man who is distant and has still to come.

To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.