A man who is defeated by power dies without really knowing how to handle it. Power is only a burden upon his fate. Such a man has no command over himself, and cannot tell when or how to use his power.

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and as it were, his owne executioner.

Truly a Thinking Man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have; every time such a one announces himself, I doubt not, there runs a shudder through the Nether Empire; and new Emissaries are trained, with new tactics, to, if possible, entrap him, and hoodwink and handcuff him.

I am the enemy you killed, my friend.

When Death comes cloaked in mystery, he is terrible indeed.

Death is the enemy. But the enemy has superior forces. Eventually, it wins.

Only man can be an enemy for man; only he can rob him of the meaning of his acts and his life because it also belongs only to him alone to confirm it in its existence, to recognize it in actual fact as a freedom

The true enemy of man is generalization.

if god loves me, he is my mortal enemy

The last man in the world was irretrievably stuck with his delusions.

A Man Without Honor
is Worse than Dead.

You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.

"To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

But you have a problem: Because I’m dead, you can’t arrest me. More importantly: You can’t stop me.