It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.

Those who have no hope for a future life are already dead for the present one.

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

When you praise someone you call yourself his equal.

Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror show… I’d gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though.

We are pantheists as natural scientists, polytheists as poets, and monotheists as moral beings.

Whatever liberates our spirit, without also giving us mastery over ourselves, is destructive.