Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.
Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
