There is always a certain noise in applause: even in the applause we give ourselves.

I love the great despisers because they are the great adorers.

I have forgotten my umbrella.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

Against war one might say that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished malicious. In its favor, that in producing these two effects it barbarizes, and so makes the combatants more natural. For culture it is a sleep or a wintertime, and man emerges from it stronger for good and for evil.

We ought to learn from the kine one thing: ruminating.

Ten times must you laugh during the day, and be cheerful; otherwise your stomach, the father of affliction, will disturb you in the night.