Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

A man can't do what he likes with his coverts.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.

On board ship there are many sources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You may flirt and dance at sixty; and if you are awkward in the turn of a valse, you may put it down to the motion of the ship. You need wear no gloves, and may drink your soda-and-brandy without being ashamed of it.

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.

It is a comfortable feeling to know that you stand on your own ground. Land is about the only thing that can't fly away.