The truthful man ends up realizing that he always lies.

Oh great star! What would your happiness be if you did not have us to shine for?

Lightning and thunder need time, the light of the stars needs time, deeds need time, even after they are done, to be seen and heard.

One had better put on gloves before handling the New Testament. The presence of so much filth makes it highly advisable.

Your highest thought, however, ye shall have it commanded unto you by me - and it is this: man is something that is to be surpassed.

Every virtue has its privilege: for example, that of contributing its own little bundle of wood to the funeral pyre of one condemned.

For both parties in a controversy, the most disagreeable way of retaliating is to be vexed and silent; for the aggressor usually regards the silence as a sign of contempt.