If you'd take your head home and boil it for a turnip it might be useful. I can't say. But it might.

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.

The perils, rewards, punishments, and fulfillments of an adventure must be real, or the adventure is only a shifting and heartless nightmare. If I bet I must be made to pay, or there is no poetry in betting. If I challenge I must be made to fight, or there is no poetry in challenging. If I vow to be faithful I must be cursed when I am unfaithful, or there is no fun vowing.

Well, if I am not drunk, I am mad," replied Syme with perfect calm; "but I trust I can behave like a gentleman in either condition.

Surprise is the secret of joy.

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.