I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you are to accomplish all that one demands of you, you must overestimate your own worth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe