You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action. - William Somerset Maugham

I respect him. He has brains and character; and that, I may tell you, is a very unusual combination.

For myself I can say that, having had every good thing that money can buy, an experience like another, I could part without a pang with every possession I have. We live in uncertain times and our all may yet be taken from us. With enough plain food to satisfy my small appetite, a room to myself, books from a public library, pens and paper, I should regret nothing.

...when you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right...