Its very variety$$$ subtlety$$$ and utterly irrational$$$ idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language.

The one: how it is (what it$$$ Being$$$ is) and also how not-Being (is) impossible. This is the pathway of grounded trust.

But what is great can only begin great.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.

Have I not the reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.

Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren't turned properly; they come in askew$$$ free of sense and restriction$$$ deriving from the most remote of sources.

A great chessplayer is not a great man$$$ for he leaves the world as he found it.

Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.

To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love$$$ are the two greatest proofs$$$ not only of goodness of heart$$$ but of strength of mind.