There is no better test of a man's ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong... A stiff apology is a second insult.

A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

A man running after a hat is not half so ridiculous as a man running after a woman.

Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.

Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I allowed two?