...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.

Thirstily he set it to his lips, and as its cool refreshment began to soothe his throat, he thanked Heaven that in a world of much evil there was still so good a thing as ale.

He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.

Gold has at all times been considered the best of testimonies of good faith.

There remained the sea, which is free to all, and particularly alluring to those who feel themselves at war with humanity.

I am very poor - for a know nothing, understand nothing. It is not a calamitous condition until it is realized.

When all is said, a man's final judgment of his fellows must be based upon his knowledge of himself