"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between."

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal."