“I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.”

“If they think you admire them, they will admire you because of your good taste, and when they admire you, you have an illusion for a moment that there's something to admire.”

“Where the craving for admiration and approval predominates, intellectual rigor cannot thrive, if it survives at all.”

“My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others! ”

“I want men to admire me, but that's a trick you learn at school--a movement of the eyes, a tone of voice, a touch of the hand on the shoulder or the head. If they think you admire them, they will admire you because of your good taste, and when they admire you, you have an illusion for a moment that there's something to admire.”

“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.”