It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
True invective requires great imagination.
Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence.
For nature makes women to be won, and men to win.
A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.