We say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors.
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.
There are twenty ways of going to a point, and one is the shortest; but set out at once on one. A man who has that presence of mind which can bring to him on the instant all he knows, is worth for action a dozen men who know as much, but can only bring it to light slowly.
Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment.
If you want a friend you need to be a friend.
We are not free to use today, or to promise tomorrow, because we are already mortgaged to yesterday.