Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.

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

Whoever turns away from us might not offend us in doing so perhaps, but he certainly offends our followers.

Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like.

The sensible author writes for no other posterity than his own--that is, for his age--so as to be able even then to take pleasurein himself.

The so-called paradoxes of an author, to which a reader takes exception, often exist not in the author's book at all, but rather in the reader's head.

You say that I should be your teacher! See to it that I am your pinion and not your brake.