Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants.

I do not like Melbourne in its present state.

Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things are a little cheaper than they used to be.

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed.

What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others.

We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown.

The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great.

she is nearing forty and not so easily forgiven as when her skin bloomed like roses.

...an obsession is a way for damaged people to damage themselves more.

To know nothing is the happiest life.

The time flies. The time flies feed on rotting clocks.

Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.

We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be told. Well, maybe that's true, maybe all stories are worth hearing, but not all stories are worth telling.

Besides, isn't it more exciting when you don't have permission?

The Allah of Islam is the same as the God of Christians and the Ishwar of Hindus.

Women know the damnation of charity because the habit of civilization has always been to throw them cheap alms rather than give them good wages.

Do you not hear me calling, white deer with no horns? I have been changed to a hound with one red ear; I have been in the Path of Stones and the Wood of Thorns.