Aphorisms should be peaks – and those who are addressed, tall and lofty. The air thin and pure, danger near, and the spirit full of gay sarcasm: these go well together.

“Happiness is the feeling that power increases - that resistance is being overco…”

“All too violently my heart still flows toward you—my heart, upon which my summe…”

“...throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who di…”

“Only great pain, the long, slow pain that takes its time... compels us to desce…”