One day man by the slow processes of evolution shall develop into something really fine and high - some billions of years hence, say.

One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed it. They also believed the world was flat.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless.

...many foolish persons, wanderers from other parts, have the vain fashion of graving their names and the obscure places whence they come, upon its stones, which is silly and marketh the doer for a fool.

We had an abundance of mangoes, papaias and bananas here, but the pride of the islands, the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya, was not in season. It has a soft pulp, like a pawpaw, and is eaten with a spoon.