“The symbol is greater than visible substance. . . . Unhappy the land that has no symbols, or that chooses their meaning without great care.”

“Love of learning is a pleasant and universal bond since it deals with what one is and not what one has.”

“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.”

“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.”

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.”

“One life is an absurdly small allowance.”

“Absence is one of the most useful ingredients of family life, and to dose it rightly is an art like any other.”