Praise Is More Obtrusive Than

The Desire For A Strong Faith Is Not The Proof Of A Strong Faith, Rather The Opposite. If One Has It One May Permit Oneself The Beautiful Luxury Of Skepticism: One Is Secure Enough, Fixed Enough For It.

I Have Found Strength Where One Does Not Look For It: In Simple, Mild, And Pleasant People, Without The Least Desire To Rule -- And, Conversely, The Desire To Rule Has Often Appeared To Me A Sign Of Inward Weakness: They Fear Their Own Slave Soul And Shroud It In A Royal Cloak (in The End, They Still Become The Slaves Of Their Followers, Their Fame, Etc.)

The Worst Readers Are Those Who Behave Like Plundering Troops: They Take Away A Few Things They Can Use, Dirty And Confound The Remainder, And Revile The Whole.

Because Men Really Respect Only That Which Was Founded Of Old And Has Developed Slowly, He Who Wants To Live On After His Death Must Take Care Not Only Of His Posterity But Even More Of His Past.

He Who Despises Himself Esteems Himself As A Self-despiser.