In the end we love our desire and not what it is that we desire.

If a woman possesses manly virtues, she is to be run away from; and if she does not possess them, she runs away herself.

It is no doubt possible to fly--but first you must know how to dance like an angel.

Whom do you call bad?--Those who always want to induce shame.

The magnitude of a progress is gauged by the greatness of the sacrifice that it requires.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

The earth has become small, and on it hops the last man, who makes everything small. His race can no more be exterminated than the flea can be. The last man lives the longest.