The noble type of man feels himself to be the determiner of values, he does not need to be approved of, he judges 'what harms me is harmful in itself', he knows himself to be that which in general accords honour to things, he creates values.

If married couples did not live together, happy marriages would be more frequent.

It is however a disgrace to pray! Not for all, but for you, and me, and whoever has his a conscience.

What is bad? All that proceeds from weakness

Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them.

Pitch-black winter nights live in my bones.

I absolutely cannot see how one can later make up for having failed to go to a good school at the proper time. For this is what distinguishes the hard school as a good school from all others: that much is demanded; and sternly demanded; that the good, even the exceptional, is demanded as the norm; that praise is rare, that indulgence is nonexistent; that blame is apportioned sharply, objectively, without regard for talent or antecedents. What does one learn in a hard school? Obeying and commanding.