If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he read more

If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking -- one sport you shouldn't have to reserve a time and a court for.

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly read more

If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.

No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They read more

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. - Essays.

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.