One must not let oneself be misled: they say 'Judge not!' but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.

Good deeds shun the light as anxiously as evil deeds: the latter fear that disclosure will bring on pain (as punishment), while the former fear that disclosure will take away pleasure (that pure pleasure, that pleasure per se, which immediately ceases once the vanity's satisfaction is added).

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces, for power.

Many die too late, and some die too early. Yet strangers soundeth the precept: "Die at the right time!"

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

In the true man there is a child concealed who wants to play.