The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.

Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.

Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.

Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.

Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem.