Revolution is man's normal activity, and if he is wise he will grade it slowly so that it may be almost imperceptible - otherwise it will jerk in fits and starts and cause discomfort.

I do like people who have not yet made up their minds about everything, who in fact are still receiving

Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.

Style is something peculiar to one person; it expresses one personality and one only; it cannot be shared.

The beckoning counts, and not the clicking of the latch behind you.

Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal of value to everything else.

The tourist travels in his own atmosphere like a snail in his shell and stands, as it were, on his own perambulating doorstep to look at the continents of the world. But if you discard all this, and sally forth with a leisurely and blank mind, there is no knowing what may not happen to you.