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.

It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.

Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.

I have been, am, in his service; I have seen his generosity and goodness; and I will never betray him-not for all the gold in the world. I have come from a village where they don't eat that kind of bread.

My house is small, but may heaven grant that it is never full of friends.

What I'd like to be above all is a writer.

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.