Not until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend.

In America everyone called the merest acquaintance a ‘friend’ – Guy had taken up the habit. It made him feel better about not having any real friends.

If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick

The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

It may be called the master passion, the hunger for self-approval

The innocent who could laugh with joy didn't dare to because they were sitting beside a guilty friend who didn't dare to