Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing, but so shadow and paint thy follies and vices as thou shalt never, by their will, discover good from evil, or vice from virtue.
Walter RaleighOur shipping and sea service is our best and safest defence as being the only fortification and rampart of England.
Walter RaleighOur immortal souls, while righteous, are by God himself beautified with the title of his own image and similitude.
Walter Raleigh