I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.
What I'd like to be above all is a writer.
When the mind once allows a doubt to gain entrance, the value of deeds performed grow less, their character changes, we forget the past and dread the future.
Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.
What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!" "And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known!