Never to read another book that was born and baptized (with ink) at the same time.

Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.

When asses are needed.- You will never get the crowd to cry Hosanna until you ride into town on an ass.

Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things.

The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others.

Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.

The rights which a man arrogates to himself are relative to the duties which he sets himself, and to the tasks which he feels capable of performing.