We take a fancy to something: and scarcely have we thoroughly taken a fancy to it when that tyrant in us calls out: "Give me thatin sacrifice"--and we give it.

Of all evil I deem you capable: Therefore I want good from you. Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws.

Every virtue has its privilege: for example, that of contributing its own little bundle of wood to the funeral pyre of one condemned.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

All names of good and evil are images; they do not speak out, they only hint. He is a fool who seeks knowledge from them.

In the world of high finance the shilling of the idle rich man can buy more than that of the poor, industrious man.

Look not into the sun! Even the moon is too bright for your nocturnal eyes!