He, who, in view of its inconsistencies, says of human nature the same that, in view of its contrasts, is said of the divine nature, that it is past finding out, thereby evinces a better appreciation of it than he who, by always representing it in a clear light, leaves it to be inferred that he clearly knows all about it.

A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Any appellative at all savouring of arbitrary rank is unsuitable to a man of liberal and catholic mind.

Both the ancestry and posterity of Grief go further than the ancestry and posterity of Joy.

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.

Though amid all the smoking horror and diabolism of a sea-fight, sharks will be seen longingly gazing up to the ship's decks, like hungry dogs round a table where red meat is being carved, ready to bolt down every killed man that is tossed to them.