So far as inland discovery was concerned, the adventurous spirit of the English was that of sailors who land but for a day, and their enterprise the enterprise of traders.

Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

I know that some will have hard thoughts of me, when they hear their Christ named beside my Buddha, yet I am sure that I am willing they should love their Christ more than my Buddha, for the love is the main thing, and I like him too.

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?

The only wealth is life.