The same passions in man and woman nonetheless differ in tempo; hence man and woman do not cease misunderstanding one another.

...lust is only a sweet poison for the weakling, but for those who will with a lion's heart it is the reverently reserved wine of wines.

A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers?

The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.