Though the Indian ocean abounds in rich and rare gems, it does not boast a clearer sky nor more unruffled sea. If there be a shore that dreads not the fury of the faithless billows, it is some poor and narrow inlet unknown to the winds.

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.

Sharp and fell remorse, the offspring of my sin! Why do you, O God, lacerate my heart so late? Why, O boding cries, that scream so close to me,--why do I listen to you now, and never heard you before?

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.