The love of indulgence is rooted in the depths of a man's heart. His soul would prefer to share the excessive and unrestrained; but his soul cannot love.

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

Clever people are never credited with their follies: what a deprivation of human rights!

In music the passions enjoy themselves.

Let old ones go. Dont be a memory-monger! Once you were young──now you are even younger.

He who cannot command himself should obey. And many can command themselves, but much is still lacking before they can obey themselves.

The strength required for the vision of the most powerful reality is not only compatible with the most powerful strength for action, for monstrous action, for crime - it even presupposes it.