“Never test another man by your own weakness.”

“Never bet your money on another man's game.”

“The surest test of one's understanding of a text in another language is translating it into one's own.”

“The real test of love is when a person—including you—can know your weaknesses, your stupidities and your smallnesses, and still love you.”

“It is the weak man who urges compromise—never the strong man.”

“Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good—but we are all tested in this life… The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.”

“Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.”

“Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.”

“A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness …”

“The test of the moral quality of a civilization is its treatment of the weak and powerless.”