I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting.

I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns.

Without the knowledge of God, we are in complete darkness.

This very moment is your greatest adventure.

The precept "Know yourself " was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind but likewise that we might understand our own worth.

I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand.

Soul or Intelligence destined to possess the sense of Identity.

It is always an accident that saves us. It is someone we have never seen.

When anyone says they often think something, it means they've just thought of it now.

The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace...but merely a vehicle of power for the men and party in power.

I just wanna live the moment and just take every moment and embrace it because life is short.

It is sweet to dance to violins When love and life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!