The water vessel, taken as a vessel only, raises the question, "Why does it exist at all?" Through its fitness of construction, it offers the apology for its existence. But where it is a work of beauty it has no question to answer; it has nothing to do, but to be.

I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my child.

When I go from hence, let this be my parting word, that what I have seen is unsurpassable.

Languages are jealous sovereigns, and passports are rarely allowed for travellers to cross their strictly guarded borders.

Death's stamp gives value to the coin of life; making it possible to buy with life what is truly precious.

to tyrannize for the country is to tyrannize over the country

Merely to exist is not enough.