That is one of the many reasons why I avoid speaking as much as possible. For I always say either too much or too little, which is a terrible thing for a man with a passion for truth like mine.
He who has always been very indulgent with himself sickens at last through his own indulgence. All praise to what makes hard! I do not praise the land where butter and honey flow!
But a man of my sort does not avoid such an hour: the hour that says to him: 'Only now do you tread your path of greatness! Submit and abyss - they are now united in one!