At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the Revolution.

When men struggle for the single life God has given them ... even their own kind seem no more than the beasts of the wood.

The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

The air, the water and the ground are free gifts to man and no one has the power to portion them out in parcels. Man must drink and breathe and walk and therefore each man has a right to his share of each.