Surely one may as profitably be soaked in the juices of a swamp for one day as pick his way dry-shod over sand. Cold and damp ? are they not as rich experience as warmth and dryness?

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

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?

The only sin in the world is ignorance.

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?

The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.