Miscellaneous Works: An Affectate Traveller.
Phases in English Poetry (1928)
Theodore Roosevelt, Address Before Congress (February 9, 1919).
On 30th anniversary of the founding of Israel, in International Herald Tribune (11 May 1978)
Source: The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)
Context: There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience, and no man who is a man will defile and pollute his conscience at the bidding of any legislature. Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.
“Above all things, respect yourself.”
Variant translations:
Respect yourself above all.
As quoted in Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras http://www.sacredscience.com/pythagoras.htm by John Strohmeier and Peter Westbrook. (1999)
Above all things reverence thy self.
Above all things, respect yourself.
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
The Golden Verses
Variant: Above all things reverence thy Self.
