What is the vanity of the vainest man compared with the vanity which the most modest possesses when, in the midst of nature and the world, he feels himself to be man!

Without the perpetual counterfeiting of the universe by number, man could not continue to live

But are there many honest people who will admit that it is pleasing to give pain?

The command 'become hard! ', the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature.

Epicurus had rage and envy of Plato's superior style.

All names of good and evil are images; they do not speak out, they only hint. He is a fool who seeks knowledge from them.

In the end one only experiences oneself.