The men were wild as ourang-outans, and the women fit only to flog cattle.

Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.

If you can’t laugh together in bed, the chances are you are incompatible, anyway. I’d rather hear a girl laugh well than try to turn me on with long, silent, soulful, secret looks. If you can laugh with a woman, everything else falls into place.

When doctors differ who decides amid the milliard-headed throng?

Of the gladdest moments in human life...is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.

One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy.