Res ipsa loquitur.

I always found in myself a dread of the west and a love of the east.
-p.3


You can boast about anything if it's all you have.
Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.
-p. 4


And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years,
and during the wet years they lost all memories of the dry years. It was always that way.
-p.6


Some men think big and some think little.
-p. 47


When people are very poor they still have something to give and the impulse to give it.
-p. 64


A man afraid is a dangerous animal.
-p. 65