What is new, however, is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only what is old is good. The good men are in all ages those who dig the old thoughts, digging deep and getting them to bear fruit - the farmers of the spirit. But eventually all land is depleted, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again.

Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.

I have been casting shadows all my life without caring about how deeply they stain my soul.

Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.

He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.

What is more harmful than any vice? Practical sympathy and pity for all the failures and all the weak : Christianity.

He who possesses greatness is cruel towards his secondary virtues and considerations.