“Enjoyment belongs to those who know things halfway.”

“it is not only he who speaks contrary to what he knows who lies, but even more he who speaks contrary to what he does not know”

“I love those who do not know how to live, except by going under, for they are those who cross over.”

“This book belongs to the most rare of men. Perhaps not one of them is yet alive. It is possible that they may be among those who understand my “Zarathustra”: how could I confound myself with those who are now sprouting ears?—First the day after tomorrow must come for me. Some men are born posthumously.”

“Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like to seem profound to the crowd strive for obscurity. For the crowd believes that if it cannot see to the bottom of something it must be profound. It is so timid and dislikes going into the water.”

“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”

“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.”