“For he was a sincere man, and in spite of his superficial airs and graces, at root a humble one. And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely. ”

“It is always the secure who are humble.”

“There is a corollary to the conception of being too proud to fight. It is that the humble have to do most of the fighting.”

“there are many kinds of sincerity and insincerity. When you say 'thank you' for the salt, do you mean what you say ? No. When you say 'the world is round,' do you mean what you say ? No. It is true, but you don't mean it”

“A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them.”

“Man is more himself, more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing and grief superficial.”

“if a man would make his world large, he must be always making himself small.”