Whoever is related to me in the height of his aspirations will experience veritable ecstasies of learning; for I come from heights that no bird ever reached in its flight, I know abysses into which no foot ever strayed.

[Heraclitus speaks as if] in entrancement ... but [also] truthfully.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

We must repay goodness and wickedness: but why exactly to the person who has done us a good or a wicked turn?

But by my love and hope I beseech you: do not throw away the hero in your soul! Hold holy your highest hope!

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

Pity is the most pleasant feeling in those who have not much pride and have no prospect of great conquests; for them the easy prey - and that is what all who suffer are - is enchanting.