"By their essential nature triumphs can't be given. They must be taken, and the worse the odds and the fiercer the resistance, the greater the honor. Victories can't be gifts."

"Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win."

"I take it as a man's duty to restrain himself."

"I am an atheist, myself. A simple faith, but a great comfort to me, in these last days."

"All true wealth is biological."

"It was never what I wanted to buy that held my heart's hope. It was what I wanted to be."

"Friendship is being there when someone's feeling low and not being afraid to kick them."

"All people want is someone to listen."

"Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you."

"Being friendless taught me how to be a friend. Funny how that works."

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair."

"Sometimes the measure of friendship isn't your ability to not harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask forgiveness for your own mistakes."