Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

Whatever may be the changes produced by man, the eternal round of the seasons is unbroken.

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery.

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized.

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