“To fulfil the dreams of one's youth; that is the best that can happen to a man. No worldly success can take the place of that.”

“Alexandra sighed. "I have a feeling that if you go away, you will not come back. Something will happen to one of us, or to both. People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find. What I have is yours, if you care enough about me to take it.”

“Some memories are realities and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.”

“...how easy it would be to dream one's life out in some cleft in the world.”

“People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find.”

“One is best in one's own country.”

“No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.”