Then I perceived, what I had never thought, that all these staring houses were not alike, but different one from another, because they held different dreams.

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.

Everyone's future is, in reality, uncertain and full of unknown treasures from which all may draw unguessed prizes.

A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.

It has always struck me that one of the readiest ways of estimating a country's regard for law is to notice what arms the officers of the law are carrying: in England it is little batons, in France swords, in many countries revolvers, and in Russia the police used to have artillery.

There is no beauty or romance or mystery in the sea except for the men that sail abroad upon it, and those who stay at home and dream of them.