Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.

Sometimes all you need to do to win clever people over to a principle is to present it in the form of a shocking paradox.

One who dresses in rags that have been washed clean dresses cleanly to be sure, but raggedly nonetheless.

Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter.

There was at all events one advantage in the choice of this day to my birth; my birthday throughout the whole of my childhood was a day of public rejoicing.

Human life is inexplicable, and still without meaning: a fool may decide its fate.

Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.