No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand.

No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand.

I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women's clothing. Made a friend. Fell in love. Who cares if I lost a wager? Queen Victoria: I do! I've got 20 quid riding on you

I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear!

A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.

The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.

We now know most things that can be measured in this world, except the bounds of human ambition!