"The more a person understands the truth of this world, the more they quietly drift away from the crowd."

"Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself."

"I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me."

"Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself."

"I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species."

"Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste."