A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.

Growth in wisdom can be measured precisely by decline in bile.

All philosophy is a form of confession.

Whoever has overthrown an existing law of custom has always first been accounted a bad man: but when, as did happen, the law could not afterwards be reinstated and this fact was accepted, the predicate gradually changed; - history treats almost exclusively of these bad men who subsequently became good men!

Those with very loud voices in their throats are nearly incapable of thinking subtle thoughts.

When Zarathustra was alone . . . he said to his heart: "Could it be possible! This old saint in the forest hath not yet heard of it, that God is dead!"

What is happening to me happens to all fruits that grow ripe. It is the honey in my veins that makes my blood thicker, and my soul quieter.