“It is a strange experience for a man of pride and feeling to know that his interests are in the control of strangers who don’t like or understand him.”
“But it is a strange experience, to a man of pride and sensibility, to know that his interests are within the control of individuals who neither love nor understand him”
“Life is short and a man should take pride in his work, even if his work makes him feel like a total loser”
“But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one. Men know him not, and to know not is to care not for.”
“... a man doesn't like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong by a man who claims he doesn't know anything.”
“The wise man understands his weakness and seeks to find a lesson from it. The fool lets it control and destroy him.”