Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

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Do not read as children do to amuse yourself or like the ambitious for the purpose of instruction. No read in order to live.

Stupidity is something unshakable, nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it, it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius is above all force.

To be stupid, selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking all is lost.

Not I, not anyone else, can travel that road for you, you must travel it for yourself.

You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.

Make voyages! Attempt them… there’s nothing else.

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.