Men praise poverty, as the African worships Mumbo Jumbo--from terror of the malign power, and a desire to propitiate at.
Alexander SmithThe globe has been circumnavigated, but no man ever yet has; you may survey a kingdom and note the result in maps, but all the savants in the world could not produce a reliable map of the poorest human personality.
Alexander SmithHappiness never lays its finger on its pulse. If we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears.
Alexander Smith