The objective half of life and reality is in the hand of fate, and accordingly takes various forms in different cases: the subjective half is ourself, and in essentials it always remains the same.

The present is the only reality and the only certainty.

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

A great affliction of all Philistines is that idealities afford them no entertainment, but to escape from boredom they are always in need of realities.