Dr. Bentley, when he was once threatened by one that he would write him down, answered - that no author was written down but by himself.

To be insensible of and undisturbed by the envy and malice of others, is one of the strongest proofs of a great mind, and, as it is the most justifiable, so it is the severest revenge we can take. Sir John Hawkins l.c.p. 349.

Lichtenberg, Sudelbücher, Heft J, 255 + 256

Ach ja.