Richard Francis Burton

“The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.”

“One of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.”

“Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.”

“Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own.”

“The zest of life is in the danger.”

“Honour is what we give, not what we get.”

“A man who has not suffered, what can he know?”

“Endure, be silent.”

“For the baffled enthusiast, what remains but resignation?”

“Truth is the shattered mirror strown in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own.”

“I have spent my life in opening up my own mind.”

“A traveller's most interesting guide-book is his own experience.”

“The beginner in Shaykhism is a fanatic; the master is a philosopher.”

“Men's minds are as variant as their faces.”

“The love of study is in us the only eternal passion.”

“Life is a waste of wearisome hours.”

“He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him.”