Pocket pairs

I tried to search for this since I'm sure it's been brought up but couldn't find anything to satisfy me.

..anyway, as always mentioned the hardest hands to play in poker are the mid to small pocket pairs. I absolutely hate calling raises with any kind of pair below 10's or 9's because you almost have to fold when high cards hit the board.

So the question is, what kind of pot odds do you look for to call raises with lower pocket pairs. The chance of hitting a set I believe is 8 to 1, but good luck getting that price. I've been pretty content on getting 4 or 5 to 1 with these kinds of hands.

What would be the most profitable way to play them??

You'll rarely get 8:1 preflop, but I think 3:1 is enough to give some room should you actually hit your set. The money you make when you actually hit your set makes up for your bad pot odds, especially when your opponent is holding a big hand (say a bigger pocket pair, or top pair).

Say it's a 30 chip pot, and it's 10 to call for you. You're getting 3:1 odds; maybe not good enough all by itself to make up for the poor 8:1 odds of hitting your set, but good enough to call. All you'll need to make post-flop is 50 chips to make your preflop call correct. (odds and theory wizards correct me if I'm wrong here)

I don't generally like to call raises with small pairs, but if I have some good reads on my opponent, like say he is very TAG, then his hand strength is easily identifiable, and I can maybe make a play on him if I don't hit my set. Having position on a raiser is also a must.

ill call any raise if i have 10x the raise left in my stack, and so does the initial raisor (10x the raise in his stack left)

Really? Even with 22 & 33?