The traveller must be somebody and come from somewhere, so that his definite character and moral traditions may supply an organ and a point of comparison for his observations.

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

All spiritual interests are supported by animal life.

Oaths are the fossils of piety.

Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape.

To keep beauty in its place is to make all things beautiful.