And let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once! And let that wisdom be false to us that brought no laughter with it!

Their usual mistaken premise is that they affirm some consensus among people, at least among tame peoples, concerning certain moral principles, and then conclude that these principles must be unconditionally binding also for you and me-or conversely, they see that among different peoples moral valuations are necessarily different and infer from this that no morality is binding-both of which are equally childish.

That which intoxicates, the sensually ecstatic, the sudden surprise, the urge to be profoundly stirred at any price -- dreadful tendencies!

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

Sensuality often hastens the "Growth of Love" so much that the roots remain weak and are easily torn up.

A joke is an epigram on the death of a feeling.

Great things demand that we either remain silent about them or speak in a great manner: in a great manner, that is-cynically and with innocence.