Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.
I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better for mankind-and all the worse for the fishes.
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of that it sings its monotonous song forever and ever.