“No man is so dangerous as the man who cannot decide what he fears.”

“Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]”

“Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself. ”

“Man, who thinks he knows everything. But what does man know...Man cares only for himself, in his fear and hate.”

“He is a man, I think," he said, "who cares for nothing but a joke. He is a dangerous man."Lambert laughed in the act of lifting some macaroni to his mouth."Dangerous!" he said. "You don't know little Quin, sir!""Every man is dangerous," said the old man, without moving, "Who cares only for one thing. I was once dangerous myself.”

“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?”