Away from God and gods did this will lure me: what would there be to create if gods existed?

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.

Learning from one's enemies is the best way to love them, for it puts one into a grateful mood toward them.

A man unconsciously imagines that where he is strong, where he feels most thoroughly alive, the element of his freedom must lie.

What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.

Marriage marks the end of many short follies - being one long stupidity.

There did he sit shrivelled in his chimney corner, fretting on account of his weak legs, world weary, will weary, and one day he suffocated through his excessive pity.