Talking about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

It is only because man believes himself to be free, not because he is free, that he experiences remorse and pricks of conscience.

The bite of conscience teaches men to bite.

The consequences of our actions take hold of us quite indifferent to our claim that meanwhile we have "improved."

Moral contempt is a far greater indignity and insult than any kind of crime.

The great despisers are the great reverers.

Bad cooks-and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen-have delayed human development longest and impaired it most.

Everyone becomes brave when he observes one who despairs.

Insects sting, not from malice, but because they want to live. It is the same with critics-they desire our blood, not our pain.

Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his heaven on earth.