“Conquered people tend to be witty.”

“It seems, after all that there are no nonpeculiar people.”

“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”

“Some people, if they didn't make it hard for themselves, might fall asleep.”

“In every community there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don't mean the criminals. For them we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably the most dangerous people seek the power. While in the parlors of indignation the right-thinking citizen brings his heart to a boil. (p. 51)”

“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”

“You never know what forms self-respect will take, especially with people whose rules of life are few.”