The ancients stole all our ideas from us.

Sometimes my feelings are so hot that I have to take the pen and put them out on paper to keep them from setting me afire inside; then all that ink and labor are wasted because I can't print the results

In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.

A pilot must have a memory developed to absolute perfection. But there are two higher qualities which he also must have. He must have good and quick judgment and decision, and a cool, calm courage that no peril can shake.

All our acts, reasoned and unreasoned, are selfish