What makes our opponents useful is that they allow us to believe that without them we would be able to realize our goals.

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle

There are big and little truths, but all belong to the same race.