The pulpit is ever this earth's foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. From thence it is the storm of God's quick wrath is first descried, and the bow must bearthe earliest brunt. From thence it is the God of breezes fair or foul is first invokedfor favorable winds. Yes, the world's a ship on its passage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.

The terrors of truth and dart of death To faith alike are vain.

Will you, or will you not, quit me? I now demanded in a sudden passion, advancing close to him. "I would prefer not to quit you", he replied, gently emphasizing the not.

The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head

If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.

You cannot hide the soul.

Strange as it may seem, there is nothing in which a young and beautiful female appears to more advantage than in the art of smoking.