One cannot resist the lure of Africa.

There are few things sweeter in this world than the guileless, hotheaded, intemperate, open admiration of a junior. Even a woman in her blindest devotion does not fall into the gait of the man she adores, tilt her bonnet to the angle at which he wears his hat, or interlard her speech with his pet oaths.

Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.

The American does not drink at meals as a sensible man should. Indeed, he has no meals. He stuffs for ten minutes thrice a day.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.