“One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.”
“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”
“To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones.”
“Avoid irritation more than exposure to the sun...In the tropics one must before everything keep calm.' . . .”
“One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper.”
“The mountains are where God proves He’s better than Michelangelo at sculpting.”