It was modesty that invented the word "philosopher" in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneselfwise to the actors of the spirit--the modesty of such monsters of pride and sovereignty as Pythagoras, as Plato.

I enquire now as to the genesis of a philologist and assert the following: 1. A young man cannot possibly know what Greeks and Romans are. 2. He does not know whether he is suited for finding out about them.

Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise.

To be moral, correct, and virtuous is to be obedient to an old established law and custom.

Do not allow yourselves to be deceived: Great Minds are Skeptical.

The will to power can express itself only against resistances; it seeks that which resists it--this is the native tendency of theamoeba when it extends its pseudopodia and gropes around.

We are franker towards others than towards ourselves.