My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.
Old sciences are unraveled like old stockings, by beginning at the foot.
A traveler's chief aim should be to make men wiser and better, and to improve their minds by the bad-as well as good example of what they deliver concerning foreign places.
When I am in danger of bursting, I will go and whisper among the reeds.
Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.