There are no eternal facts, as there are likewise no absolute truths.
The wisest men in all ages have judged similarly with regard to life: it is good for nothing.
The vanity of others is only counter to our taste when it is counter to our vanity.
One does not hate as long as one disesteems, but only when one esteems equal or superior.
No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.
Many short follies – that is called love by you. And your marriage putteth an end to many short follies, with one long stupidity.
Man is the cruellest animal.
Insanity in individuals is something rare — but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
How many things are now called the worst wickedness, which are only twelve feet broad and three months long! Some day, however, will greater dragons come into the world.
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.
Haste is universal because everyone is in flight from himself.
From the senses originate all trustworthiness, all good conscience, all evidence of truth.
