There is an innocence in lying which is the sign of good faith in a cause.

What is new, however, is always evil, being that which wants to conquer and overthrow the old boundary markers and the old pieties; and only what is old is good. The good men are in all ages those who dig the old thoughts, digging deep and getting them to bear fruit - the farmers of the spirit. But eventually all land is depleted, and the ploughshare of evil must come again and again.

Every word has its fragrance: there is a harmony and a disharmony of fragrances, and hence of words.

Against boredom even gods struggle in vain.

There are the terrible ones who carry about in themselves the beast of prey, and have no choice except lusts or self-laceration. And even their lusts are self-laceration.

Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order to be understood.

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.