"Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience."

"What we once did 'for the sake of God' we now do for the sake of money."

"The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad."

"We are always in our own company."

"All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking."

"One should never know too precisely whom one has married."

"As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport."

"The stupid neither forgive or forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."

"Don't SAY things. What you ARE stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary."

"There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey."

"...the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death."

"There is only one success-to be able to spend your life in your own way."