Beyond Good And Evil, Aphorism 153

If An Architect Wants To Strengthen A Decrepit Arch, He Increases The Load Laid Upon It, For Thereby The Parts Are Joined More Firmly Together.

Many Are Obstinate With Regard To The Pathway Once They Have Set Upon It, Few With Regard To The Goal.

Marriage Was Contrived For Ordinary People, For People Who Are Capable Of Neither Great Love Nor Great Friendship, Which Is To Say, For Most People--but Also For Those Exceptionally Rare Ones Who Are Capable Of Love As Well As Of Friendship.

Some Mothers Need Happy Children; Others Need Unhappy Ones-otherwise They Cannot Prove Their Maternal Virtues.

The Familiarity Of Superiors Embitters One, Because It May Not Be Returned.