You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.

In this dim world of clouding cares, We rarely know, till wildered eyes See white wings lessening up the skies, The angels with us unawares.

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

'Whatever would American tourists think?'