So far as my experience goes, travelers generally exaggerate the difficulties of the way. Like most evil, the difficulty is imaginary; for what's the hurry?

Rise free from care before the dawn and seek adventure. Let the noon find you by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home. There are no larger fields than these, no worthier games than may here be played.

A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.

Real power is measured by how much you can let things be.

What are the libraries of science but files of newspapers?

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

The man who thrusts his manners upon me does as if he were to insist on introducing me to his cabinet of curiosities, when I wished to see himself.