“In the realm of dream and imagination all men are equal.”

“There are disappointments in all men's lives, even those who have achieved their ambition, and there are compensations.”

“It is hard to be defensive toward a danger which you have never imagined existed.”

“What men do matters more than what they know.”

“Even if it is nonsense, it is often useful to know what kind of nonsense men believe.”

“One enjoys friendship most when times are good, when the sun shines and the world is kind. But it is the sharing of adversity that knits men together.”

“He said, speaking more to himself than to me: 'It was knowledge I sought. Knowledge which is clean and pure, far above the cheating and deceiving in which most men spend their lives.'And do you not find it,' I asked, 'this knowledge which you prize?'In part,' he said. 'I find other things, too. Things I do not desire but must accept. There is still cheating and deceiving.”