Do your duty, and don't swerve from it. Do that which your conscience tells you to be right, and leave the consequences to God.
Benjamin HaydonBeware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.
Benjamin HaydonDanger is the very basis of superstition. It produces a searching after help supernaturally when human means are no longer supposed to be available.
Benjamin HaydonNever let your love for your profession overshadow your religious feeling. Depend on it that religion will strengthen, not weaken, your energies, and will not only make you a better sailor, but a superior man. Professional studies are not to be neglected; but, on the other hand, take care how you fall into the common error of believing they are the remedy for all the ills of life.
Benjamin Haydon