"In a friend one should have ones best enemy. You should be closest to him with your heart when you resist him."

"Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge."

"For others do I wait... for higher ones, stronger ones, more triumphant ones, merrier ones, for such as are built squarely in body and soul: laughing lions must come."

"How good bad music and bad reasons sound when one marches against an enemy!"

"There are no facts, only interpretations."

"The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment."

"People feel comfortable around someone who is comfortable with himself."

"I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise."

"True friendship is seen through the heart not through the eyes."

"Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours."

"Wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."