[Heraclitus' language] dispenses with lightness and artificial decoration, foremost out of disgust for humanity and out of [his own] defiant feeling.

Worldly Wisdom Do not stay in the field! Nor climb out of sight. The best view of the world Is from a medium height.

Systems of morals are only a sign-language of the emotions.

I know the hatred and envy of your hearts. Ye are not great enough not to know of hatred and envy. Then be great enough not to be ashamed of them!

The thought is merely a sign, as the word is merely a sign for the thought.

Pity aims just as little at the pleasure of others as malice at the pain of others Per-Se.

One has to know the size of one's stomach.