Is man God's biggest blunder, or is man's God?

We should not talk about our friends: otherwise we will talk away the feeling of friendship.

The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes.

You shall become the person you are.

Not to be cowardly when it comes to our own actions! Not to leave them in the lurch!--The sting of conscience is indecent.

That whatever a man says, promises, or resolves in passion he must stick to later on when he is cold and sober--this demand is among the heaviest burdens that weigh on humankind.

People who wish to numb our caution in dealing with them by means of flattery are employing a dangerous expedient, like a sleeping draught, which, if it does not put us to sleep, keeps us all the more awake.