What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectation….

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher s….

The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great..

You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to arg….

We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown..

Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things are a little cheaper than they used to….

They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an ex….

At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of ….

I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing than riding on ….

I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed..

Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants..

I do not like Melbourne in its present state..