One has to know the size of one's stomach.

There is a certain right by which we many deprive a man of life, but none by which we may deprive him of death; this is mere cruelty.

Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.

He who thinks a great deal is not suited to be a party man: he thinks his way through the party and out the other side too soon.

Evaluation is creation: hear it, you creators! Evaluating is itself the most valuable treasure of all that we value. It is only through evaluation that value exists: and without evaluation the nut of existence would be hollow. Hear it, you creators!

In every age the wisest have passed the identical judgment on life: it is worthless.

Tragedy is dead! Poetry itself died with it! Away, away with you, puny, stunted imitators! Away with you to Hades, and eat your fill of the old masters' crumbs!