An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

If one waits for the right time to come before writing, the right time never comes.

There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates.

Be He nowhere else, God is in all that liberates and lifts, in all that humbles, sweetens, and consoles.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own.

Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever!