There are no moral phenomena at all, but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.

A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience.

Every word has its fragrance: there is a harmony and a disharmony of fragrances, and hence of words.

In magnanimity there is the same amount of egoism as in revenge, but egoism of a different quality.

When our brain feels too weak to deal with our opponent's objections, our heart answers by casting suspicion on their underlying motives.

The relatives of a suicide hold it against him that out of consideration for their reputation he did not remain alive.

Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly.