"It is a great misfortune to be too much alone, and, above all, to be without some one to whom one can talk with perfect freedom."

"The Greeks of today are unworthy descendants of their glorious ancestors."

"I am convinced that the moon is inhabited by a race of superior beings who have watched our planet since the dawn of time."

"The Hindus are enslaved by their ridiculous superstitions."

"They first passed through the “black town,” with its narrow streets, its miserable, dirty huts, and squalid population; then through the “European town,” which presented a relief in its bright brick m…"