Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
The surest sign of the estrangement of the opinions of two persons is when they both say something ironical to each other and neither of them feels the irony.
Thou seekest disciples? Then thou seekest ciphers.
Woman understands children better than man does, but man is more childlike than woman.
Only idiots fail to contradict themselves three times a day.
In every age the wisest have passed the identical judgment on life: it is worthless.