Quote by Walton
"You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent that sting you, as mine have been."
More from Walton
"I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic."
"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
"Unhappy man! Do you share my madness? Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught?"
"I have often attributed my passion for the sea to that production of the most imaginative of modern poets."