“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.”

“We must look for a long time before we can see.”

“A man may be very industrious, and yet not spend his time well. There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of life getting his living.”

“I have learned that the swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot.”

“Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.”

“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”

“If a man is alive, there is always danger that he may die, though the danger must be allowed to be less in proportion as he is dead-and-alive to begin with. A man sits as many risks as he runs.”