Everything that is profound loves the mask: the profoundest things have a hatred even of figure and likeness.

A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.

Do you suppose that sacrifice is the hallmark of moral action?--Just stop to consider whether sacrifice is not involved in every action that is done with deliberation, the worst as well as the best.

Was mich nicht zugrunde richtet, macht mich starker.

I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.

A beautiful woman seductively dressed will never catch cold no matter how low-cut her gown.

If the all powerful god controls satan he is an accomplice, and if he doesn't, he is not an all powerful god.