One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy.
The author must keep his mouth shut when his work starts to speak.
The purpose of punishment is to improve those who do the punishing--that is the final recourse of those who support punishment.
We count the courtesies accorded us by unpopular people as offenses.
This world is the will to power and nothing besides!
What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.