He who is dissatisfied with himself is continually ready for revenge and we others will be his victims, if only in having always to endure his ugly sight. For the sight of the ugly makes one bad and gloomy.

I teach the No to all that makes weak--that exhausts. I teach the Yes to all that strengthens, that stores up strength, that pride.

Remain true to the earth.

It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.

If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.

There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.

Alas, where is there still a sea in which one could drown: thus our lament resounds – across shallow swamps.