“Be beautiful if you can, wise if you want to, but be respected - that is essential.”
“There are essentially two things that will make you wise -- the books you read and the people you meet.”
“If you wish to live in harmony, you must respect every person and, in non-essential matters, yield!”
“Of course it's almost ludicrously difficult to talk about art. And about beauty. Beauty is a perversion--how can you retain your self-respect when you talk about it?”
“For however strong you may be in respect of your army, it is essential that in entering a new Province you should have the good will of its inhabitants.”
“If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.”