Without execution, thinking is mere idleness.

There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.

Armed with a paint-box, one cannot be bored, one cannot be left at a loose end, one cannot 'have several days on one's hands.

Never let a good crisis go to waste

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

Watch your habits, they determine your character.