A scholar has to know a little of everything.
I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new
Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
In the memory of the dead all chronological differences are effaced.
Wherever he saw a hole he always wanted to know the depth of it. To him this was important.