The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.

Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.

We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below.

If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.

The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.

The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.

At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.

We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico.

During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.

There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.

I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.

No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.

How can love's spaciousnessbe conveyed in the narrowconfines of one syllable?

Sorrow teaches more lessons than laughter.

He does not believe who does not live according to his belief.

We've removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

When I'm in the U.S. Senate, I will fiercely oppose the president's attack on Kentucky's coal industry, because protecting our jobs will be my No. 1 priority.

Trenches, hospitals, the common grave--there are no other possibilities.

Language is what stops the heart exploding.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe. .. We should not say 'I am an Athenian' or 'I am a Roman' but 'I am a citizen of the Universe.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.