History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.

I have a voice, too, and for good or evil mine is the speech that cannot be silenced

A ship in dock, surrounded by quays and the walls of warehouses, has the appearance of a prisoner meditating upon freedom in the sadness of a free spirit put under restraint.

As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

The ocean has the conscienceless temper of a savage autocrat spoiled by much adulation

A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!