When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life.

One pays dearly for being immortal: one must die many times during his life.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

Modern marriage has lost its meaning--consequently it is being abolished.

One who has a why can endure anyhow.

We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge - and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves - how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves? It has rightly been said: "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"; our treasure is where the beehives of our knowledge are.

Nothing in life possesses value except the degree of power--assuming that life itself is the will to power.