Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.

...shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Indeed of the whole realm of Nature the sea is in many ways the most harmful to the stomach, with its great variety of dishes and tasty fish.

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Hope is a working-man's dream.

In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.

Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.

Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.