We criticize a man or a book most sharply when we sketch out their ideal.

Whatever the State saith is a lie; whatever it hath is a theft: all is counterfeit in it, the gnawing, sanguinary, insatiate monster.

Whoever despises himself still esteems the despiser within himself.

All words are prejudices.

Was mich nicht zugrunde richtet, macht mich starker.

That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.