The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats.

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.

So this was how you died, in whispers that you did not hear.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with that there is

Courage is grace under pressure.

I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.

Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary.