The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.

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I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I...

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than...

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than...

One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.

One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent...

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent...

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to...

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to...

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in...

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical...

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical...

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who...

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who...

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

There is an electricity about a friendship relationship. We are both more relaxed and more...

There is an electricity about a friendship relationship. We are both more relaxed and more...

A man is known by the company he avoids.

A man is known by the company he avoids.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for...