"Life is hard to bear: but do not pretend to be so delicate! We are all of us fine sumpter asses and assesses."

"The thought of suicide is a great comfort: with it one gets through many a bad night."

"All great things perish through themselves, through an act of self-sublimation: thus perishes the law of morality."

"Every talent must be paid for. One pays for it always, whether one has it or not, with a long and painful struggle."

"But the worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself; you lie in wait for yourself in caverns and forests."