Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent.

Genius in poverty is never feared, because nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another.

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.

The safest principle through life, instead of reforming others, is to set about perfecting yourself.

Newton's health, and confusion to mathematics.

Never 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.

To procrastinate seems inherent in man, for if you do to-day that you may enjoy to-morrow it is but deferring the enjoyment; so that to be idle or industrious, vicious or virtuous, is but with a view of procrastinating the one or the other.