Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.

One must be something, in order to do something.

A man may twist as he pleases, and do what he pleases, but he inevitably comes back to the track to which nature has destined him.

By seeking and blundering we learn.

Whatever you can do or dream, begin it.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

He is a man whom it is impossible to please, because he is never pleased with himself.