“Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who get the most out of life
“A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others
“We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
“Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
“Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?
“Negative capability, that is, when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.
“I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom, one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise