My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?

But eternal liveliness is what counts: what does "eternal life" matter, or life at all?

One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.

What is evil?-Whatever springs from weakness.

The most dangerous follower is the one whose defection would destroy the whole party: hence, the best follower.

History belongs above all to the man...who needs models, teachers, comforters and cannot find them among his contemporaries.