Nietzsche lampooned the romantics of his day (a half century later), noting that "they muddy the waters to make them look deep.

It was a passion neither of the mind nor of the heart, it was a force that comprehended them both, as if they were but the matter of love, its specific substance.

Pessimist - one who when he has the choice of two evils chooses both.

For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.

The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects that have ever existed.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it.

I never thought I'd write, because I'd never written anything in my whole life.

Further march of civilization seems to employ increasing domination of man over beast, together with a growingly humane method of using them.

It's Web, and then everything else. It's social media first, and everything else.

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.