I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.

So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.

The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.

My first occupation was to map the country.

Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.

The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.

Hedge funds have made massive leveraged credit bets, knowing that their upside is billions in fees and their downside is millions in fees.

The most successful achievers in sports are people that are really driven and have that spirit of hunger.

Wolf Hall attempts to duplicate not the historian's chronology but the way memory works: in leaps, loops, flashes.

The look of a king is itself a deed.

If you can raise up leaders, you will always have followers, but if you can't raise up leaders, you will only have followers.

Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation.

When you give the government an inch, they take a mile.

Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.

Chess is most certainly not my life.

I used to feel guilty about owning a console.