“All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.”

“In conversation we are sometimes confused by the tone of our own voice, and mislead to make assertions that do not at all correspond to our opinions.”

“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”

“That our opinion does not coincide with that of others does not concern us in the least, for we are pleased only with that which pleases us, and not that with which others say we ought to be pleased.”

“If we are not prepared to think for ourselves, and to make the effort to learn how to do this well, we will always be in danger of becoming slaves to the ideas and values of others due to our own ignorance.”

“We're each our own person, we live our own lives, make our own mistakes, learn from them and move forward.”