where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try to be silent; for a book is meant to give pl…

- Isabel Burton

all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.

- Isabel Burton

He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.

- Isabel Burton

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just th…

- Isabel Burton

People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.

- Isabel Burton

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

- Isabel Burton

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

- Isabel Burton

I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it.

- Isabel Burton