There's no defense against stupidity.

In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.

Only ideas won by walking have any value.

Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared — this must some day become the highest maxim for every single commonwealth.

The grand style follows suit with all great passion. It disdains to please, it forgets to persuade. It commands. It wills.

Assuming that rapture is nature's play with man, the Dionysian artist's creative activity is the play with rapture.

I notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.