One is punished best for one's virtues.


He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.


Around the hero everything becomes a tragedy;
around the demigod everything becomes a satyr-play;
and around God everything becomes—what? perhaps a "world"?


Insanity in individuals is something rare—but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.


Anyone who despises himself will still respect himself as a despiser.


What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.


The thought of suicide is a powerful solace: by means of it one gets through many a bad night.


Vanity is an atavism.