The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance.

The most beautiful adventures are not those we go to seek.

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye.

There is but one art, to omit! Oh, if I knew how to omit I would ask no other knowledge. A man who knows how to omit would make an Iliad of a daily paper.

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

There's never a man looked me between the eyes and seen a good day a'terward.

To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor.