It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain one.

Perhaps it will be simplest to throw away the tags and generalize India with one all-comprehensive name, as the Land of Wonders.

My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do.

Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.

There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level.

Imagination labors best in distant fields.