When asses are needed.- You will never get the crowd to cry Hosanna until you ride into town on an ass.

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'

On every parable you ride to every truth.

Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.

Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes a birth gift and afterwards is fostered as a habit.

Man is very well defended against himself... The actual fortress is inaccessible, even invisible to him, unless his friends and enemies play the traitor and conduct him in by a secret path.

The one seeks a midwife to deliver his thoughts, the other, someone to assist: thus a good conversation comes into being.