A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes all other forms of law.

At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on their clothes to keep them from being stolen.

If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time.

To be busy is man's only happiness.

Man is the only animal that is cruel. It kills just for the sake of it.

A "classic" is a book that everybody praises but nobody has read

Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare.