A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.
– George Borrow
I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
– George Borrow
If you must commit suicide... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.
– George Borrow
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
– George Borrow
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
– George Borrow
Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.
– George Borrow
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
– George Borrow
There's night and day, brother, both sweet things; sun, moon, and stars, brother, all sweet things; there's likewise a wind on the heath. Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?
– George Borrow
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.