It may be that until now there has been no more potent means for beautifying man himself than piety: it can turn man into so much art, surface, play of colors, graciousness that his sight no longer makes one suffer.---

We fear our neighbor's hostile mood because we are afraid that this mood will lead him to penetrate our secrets.

The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.

And many such good inventions are there, that they are like woman's breasts: useful at the same time, and pleasant.

In intercourse with scholars and artists one readily makes mistakes of opposite kinds: in a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man; and often, even in a mediocre artist, one finds a very remarkable man.

Have you noticed there are no interesting people in heaven? -Just a hint to the girls as to where they can find their salvation.

What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?