The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

What really raises one's indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering.

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.