In the whole of the New Testament there is not one joke, that fact alone would invalidate any book.

In the end things must be as they are and have always been--the great things remain for the great, the abysses for the profound, the delicacies and thrills for the refined, and, to sum up shortly, everything rare for the rare.

One is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions.

Once we have found ourselves, we must understand how from time to time to lose--and then to find--ourselves once again: assuming,that is, that we are thinkers. For a thinker it is a drawback to be bound to a single person all the time.

In the world of high finance the shilling of the idle rich man can buy more than that of the poor, industrious man.

Here is a hero who did nothing but shake the tree as soon as the fruit was ripe. Does this seem to be too small a thing to you? Then take a good look at the tree he shook.

The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.