Every day I count wasted in which there has been no dancing.

To be the equal of one's opponent-this is the first condition of an honourable duel.

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.

At one time or another, almost every politician needs an honest man so badly that, like a ravenous wolf, he breaks into a sheep-fold: not to devour the ram he has stolen, however, but rather to conceal himself behind its wooly back.

A woman's pity, which is talkative, carries the sick person's bed to the public marketplace.

The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.

On every parable you ride to every truth.