But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful! Distrust all those who talk much of their justice!

The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.

O my brothers, am I then cruel? But I say: that which is falling should also be pushed!

You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

Men subsequently put whatever is newly learned or experienced to use as a plowshare, perhaps even as a weapon: but women immediately include it among their ornaments.

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

How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?