We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

The belief in authority is the source of conscience; which is therefore not the voice of God in the heart of man, but the voice of some men in man.

Women's modesty generally increases with their beauty.

If virtue goes to sleep, it will be more vigorous when it awakes.

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men.

What destroys a man more quickly than to work, think and feel without inner necessity, without any deep personal desire, without pleasure - as a mere automaton of duty?

As long as you still experience the stars as something "above you", you lack the eye of knowledge.