“He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.”

“Warning to the despised. – If you have unmistakably sunk in the estimation of men you should hold on like grim death to decorum in society with others: otherwise you will betray to them that you have sunk in your own estimation too. When a man is cynical in society it is a sign that he treats himself like a dog when he is alone.”

“To love those who despise us, and to give one's hand to the phantom who tries to frighten us?”

“He who obeys, does not listen to himself!”

“Ye shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: ye must be proud of your foes.”

“A man who wills commands something within himself that renders obedience, or that he believes renders obedience.”

“To him who feels himself preordained to contemplation and not to belief, all believers are too noisy and obtrusive; he guards against them.”