Towards gnats and fleas we should show no pity. We would do right to hang petty thieves, petty calumniators, and slanderers.

Impoliteness is frequently the sign of an awkward modesty that loses its head when surprised and hopes to conceal this with rudeness.

But he who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of fetters, the non-adorer, the dweller in the woods.

One must not let oneself be misled: they say 'Judge not!' but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.

Christianity was from the beginning, essentially and fundamentally, life's nausea and disgust with life, merely concealed behind, masked by, dressed up as, faith in "another" or "better" life.

I will believe in the Redeemer when the Christians look a little more redeemed.

One must cease letting oneself be eaten when one tastes best: that is known to those who want to be loved long.