How comes it, that thou art then estranged from thyself?
By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?
Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.
Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.