It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.

And so do you suppose it must be a piece-work because it has been given to you (and could only be given to you) in pieces?

"God", "the immortality of the soul", "salvation", "the beyond"-even as a child I had no time for such notions, I do not waste any time upon them-maybe I was never childish enough for that?

Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age.

Your god is dead and only the ignorant weep. And if you claim there is a hell, then we shall meet there!

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.

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.