“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.”

“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 ...”

“Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.”

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

“Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”

“I do not know where to go, but I have been on the road.”

“While she was in transit, being unattached was exhilarating, but the moment she stopped, so did the high.”

“The natural tenderness and delicacy of our constitution, added to the many dangers we are subject to from your sex, renders it almost impossible for a single lady to travel without injury to her ch...”