You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
We can really respect a man only if he doesn't always look out for himself.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.
In the end we are all separate: our stories, no matter how similar, come to a fork and diverge. We are drawn to each other because of our similarities, but it is our differences we must learn to respect.
