Navigation is easy. If it wasn't, they wouldn't be able to teach it to Sailors.

Don't give up the ship!

Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks.

One mind, One master.

You are intelligent if you know what you do not know.

Oh, I simply can’t think. When I really want to depress myself, I think of all the brilliant men I know, married to their stupid wives. Enough to break your heart, it really is

There was nothing in life harder or more important than agreeing every morning to stay the course, to go back to your forgotten self of so many years ago, and to make the same decision.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

The laws of thought are also the laws of things: of things in the remotest space and the remotest time.

O virtue, I have followed you through life, and find you at last but a shade.

He looked okay. No, to be honest. He looked a lot better than okay. He looked...fine. Fine, as in get the Chiffons over here to sing a chorus.

Animals don't think in terms of victims and villains, or good and bad, or evil, or shame.

The yearning for study was always there. I loved to learn. I really enjoyed studying history. Taking college classes was just something I wanted to do. It gave me such a feeling of satisfaction.