Ah, there are so many things betwixt heaven and earth of which only the poets have dreamed!

Marriages that made out of love (so-called "love-matches") have error as their father and misery (necessity) as their mother.

Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty.

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?

You highest men whom I have ever seen! This is my suspicion about you and my secret laughter: I guess that you would call my superman--a devil!

When self control is lacking in small things, the ability to apply it to matters of importance withers away. Every day in which one does not at least deny himself some trifle is badly spent and a threat to the day following.