Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

Each man in his way is a treasure.

Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison and ensure that defendant is no longer a harm to society. It makes it easier for them to return a verdict of life without the possibility of parole.