Everything good is the transmutation of something evil: every god has a devil for a father.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Oh, how much is today hidden by science! Oh, how much it is expected to hide!

The public easily confuses him who fishes in troubled waters with him who draws up water from the depths.

One who is publicly honest about himself ends up by priding himself somewhat on this honesty: for he knows only too well why he is honest-for the same reasons another person prefers illusion and dissimulation.

This mother needs happy, reputable children, and that one needs unhappy ones: otherwise she cannot show her kindness as a mother.

Everything becomes and recurs eternally - escape is impossible!