A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance.
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter
I don't like the city better, the more I see it, but worse. I am ashamed of my eyes that behold it. It is a thousand times meanerthan I could have imagined.... The pigs in the street are the most respectable part of the population.
Scholars are wont to sell their birthright for a mess of learning.
The dinner even is only the parable of a dinner, commonly.
I am very little of a traveler.