When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself

But I like my madness. There is a thrill in it unknown to such sanity as yours. ~ Book 1, Chapter 9.

Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself

In endeavor itself there is a certain dynamic entertainment, affording an illusion of useful purpose. With achievement the illusion is dispelled. Man's greatest accomplishment is to produce change. The only good in life is study, because study is an endeavor that never reaches fulfillment. It busies a man to the end of his days, and it aims at the only true reality in all this world of shams and deceits.

Do you know, André, I sometimes think that you have no heart.' 'Presumably because I sometimes betray intelligence.