The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

Concerning great things one should either be silent or speak loftily.

The enormous expectation having to do with sexual love and the shame involved in this expectation degrades all a woman's perspectives from the start.

The view that honesty is something, and even a virtue, belongs, it is true, to those private opinions which are forbidden in this age of public opinions.

The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.

In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops.

If we make sacrifices in doing good or in doing ill, it does not alter the ultimate value of our actions; even if we stake our life in the cause, as martyrs do for the sake of our church : it is a sacrifice to our longing for power, or for the purpose of conserving our sense of power.