"We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship."

"Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else."

"Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself."

"You can make anything by writing."

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

"What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it."