The same relation exists between merchant and pirate, who for a long period are one and the same person: where the one function appears to them inadvisable, they exercise the other.

The drive toward knowledge has a moral origin.

I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour, and who then asketh: "Am I a dishonest player?" - for he is willing to succumb.

When good friends praise a gifted person he often appears to be delighted with them out of politeness and goodwill, but in reality he feels indifferent.

One is proud to worship when he cannot be an idol.

Where I found the living, there I found the will to power; even in the will of servants I found the will to be master.

Possessions are usually diminished by possession.