That which an age considers evil is usually an unseasonable echo of what was formerly considered good - the atavism of an old ideal.

The command 'become hard! ', the deep conviction that all creators are hard, is the really distinctive sign of a Dionysian nature.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

Among the wealthy, generosity is often merely a kind of shyness.

One cannot read the New Testament without acquired admiration for whatever it abuses not to speak of the "wisdom of this world," which an impudent wind bag tries to dispose of "by the foolishness of preaching."