One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.

I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.

Genius is full of trash.

Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden - what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear!

There are two places in the world where men can most effectively disappear - the city of London and the South Seas.

As in digging for precious metals in the mines, much earthy rubbish has first to be troublesomely handled and thrown out; so, in digging in one's soul for the fine gold of genius, much dullness and common-place is first brought to light.

The Marquesan girls dance all over; not only do their feet dance, but their arms, hands, fingers, ay, their very eyes seem to dance in their heads.