“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.”

“I was remembering the things we had done together, the times we had had. It would have been pleasant to preserve that comradeship in the days that came after. Pleasant, but alas, impossible. That which had brought us together had gone, and now our paths diverged, according to our natures and needs. We would meet again, from time to time, but always a little more as strangers; until perhaps at last, as old men with only memories left, we could sit together and try to share them.”

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

“There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy.”

“A man faced death, but when death drew back forgot it until the next time.”

“Have a drink, and try to relax. All right, have another drink. There are times when getting drunk's not a bad idea.”

“He was sometimes stern but more often kindly---just according to his lights, but he saw the world in simple shades of black and white, and found it hard to be patient with things that struck him as foolishness.”