When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.

My idea of paradise is a straight line to goal

Natural death is independent of all reason and is really an irrational death, in which the pitiable substance of the shell determines how long the kernel is to exist or not; in which, accordingly, the stunted, diseased and dull witted jailer is lord, and indicates the moment at which his distinguished prisoner shall die.

The pure soul is a pure lie.

Of what is great one must either be silent or speak with greatness. With greatness--that means cynically and with innocence.

In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self preservatives of a species.

At the very moment when someone is beginning to take philosophy seriously, the whole world believes the opposite.