An individual in despair despairs over something. . . . In despairing over something, he really despair[s] over himself, and now he wants to get rid of himself. Consequently, to despair over something is still not despair proper. . . . To despair over oneself, in despair to will to be rid of oneself-this is the formula for all despair.

No one may pride himself at being more than an individual, and no one despondently think that he is not an individual.

What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?

Once you label me you negate me.

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

My scholarly expectation is then that I may succeed in becoming clever in philosophy in spite of my stupidity.

On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart