It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.
For there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence.
The revolutionary spirit is mighty convenient in this, that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas.
There is something haunting in the light of the moon.
Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.