A man would rather break his donkeys back than give it the carrot it requires to progress.

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.

I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.

Men of vision caught glimpses of truth and beauty shining aloft like stars: and in these glimpses was a new hope for the unification of mankind through enlightenment.

With living colours give my verse to glow: The sad memorial of a tale of woe!

Father's Day is like Mother's Day except the gift is cheaper.

LIBERAL, n. A man with his mind open at both ends.

Charlie Studd has written me a delightful letter... He thinks the Chinese language was invented by the devil to prevent the Chinese from ever hearing the Gospel properly.

Playboy offered me a lot to do their mag but I'm not even the sort to go topless on the beach.

Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.

You're all incredibly thoughtful souls who keep my head attached to my body.

I was raised to be ashamed of my ignorance, and to try to do something about it if at all possible.

Are you waiting for the approval of someone else before you make your big move? If you are, chances are they’ve already made it.

I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this.

Hollywood loves to typecast, and I guess they saw me as a violent guy.

If I remained silent and you remained silent, then who will teach the ignorant?

Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden.

Certainly you will have doubts. There will be questionings and faith will return again. That is how faith is established.

He was not the greatest of men but he was the greatest of kings.

I did not and do not think of the solidity-liquidity conundrum as a dichotomy; I view those two conditions as a couple locked, inseparably, in a dialectical bond.