Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him.

Ah, you've come over the water. Powerful wet stuff, ain't it?

There is no use saying you chose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up.

And so for a time it looked as if all the adventures were coming to and end; but that was not to be.

Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the sounds and silences of the outdoor world; and talking leads almost inevitably to smoking, and then farewell to nature as far as one of our senses is concerned. The only friend to walk with is one who so exactly shares your taste for each mood of the countryside that a glance, a halt, or at most a nudge, is enough to assure us that the pleasure is shared.

Forgiveness does not mean excusing.

And in truth (as I now see) I had the wish to put off my journey as long as I could. Not for any peril or labour it might cost; but because I could see nothing in the whole world for me to do once it was accomplished. AS long as this act lay before me, there was, as it were, some barrier between me and the dead desert which the rest of my life must be.