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.

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

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

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

The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue.

The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station.

The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known.

Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society.

The sacred lamp of day Now dipt in Western clouds his parting day.

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.

Do not get a job for a living. Rather, get work

Desire abides. It is all people have that stands proof against time. Everything else rots.

Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?

A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first.

If one's reputation is a possession, then of all my possessions, my reputation means most to me.

When Rimbaud became a slave trader, he stopped writing poetry.

Sometime female characters, especially in the genre of something that people consider rom-com, make mistakes in a cute way or they're a mess in a way that's palatable. I like that.

Those who enter into marriage, must be fully prepared to establish their marriage, as the first priority in their lives.

One of the best things about writing is how it redeems, not to mention recycles, all of one's prior experiences, including or perhaps especially the failures.

There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.