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...

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself.

I’d like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate…. And I’d like to have the most enormous library, and I’d like to think that I...

Little islands are all large prisons; one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow.