There is a certain frame of mind to which a cemetery is, if not an antidote, at least an alleviation. If you are in a fit of the blues, go nowhere else.

There comes an end to all things; the most capacious measure is filled at last; and this brief condescension to evil finally destroyed the balance of my soul.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards

You're either my ship's cook-and then you were treated handsome-or Cap'n Silver, a common mutineer and pirate, and then you can go hang!

Sightseeing is the art of disappointment.

All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age.