Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after two minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless.

The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest.

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.

Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.

Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

Buy a house in a foreign country and, it seems, that anything which can go wrong usually does.