"Some men have sighed over the abduction..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“The value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compelling all to seek out the most hidden and intimate things.”

“There did he sit shrivelled in his chimney corner, fretting on account of his weak legs, world weary, will weary, and one day he suffocated through his excessive pity.”

“We attack not only to hurt someone, to defeat him, but perhaps also simply to become conscious of our own strength.”

“All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.”

“Last night my teacher taught me the lesson of Poverty: Having nothing and wanting nothing.”

“Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things”

“Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must be paid for by subsequent depressions. While the trial lasts, the strength is equal to the emergency; but when it is over, natural weakness claims the right to show itself.”

“Manners have been somewhat cynically defined to be a contrivance of wise men to keep fools at a distance. Fashion is shrewd to detect those who do not belong to her train, and seldom wastes her attentions. Society is very swift in its instincts, and if you do not belong to it, resists and sneers at you, or quietly drops you.”

“The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.”