things i like.

"If you show that you are afraid of them, you give promise of a good hunting, whereas if you show indifference, they begin to doubt their own power and therefore tend to let you alone."



"...there is too much respect paid to the opinions of others, both in general matters and in small ones. One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny, and is likely to interfere with happiness in all kinds of ways."