To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed overseas; it was worth the while.

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.

But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?

To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy mind on your voyage round the world; otherwise you may tremble at the appearance of every cloud.

The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.

Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days.

...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there.

I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man.

As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or sail to pow-wow about the dangers of the sea.

Now, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it.

Loving each other began with longing, weaving her loneliness into his.

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

One original thought is worth the sum total of human knowledge, because it advances the sum total of human knowledge by that one original thought.

The outside wold pressures you into a mold, but if you don't accept that - you gamble with life. Call it gambling.

It's rare that a movie generally considered a popcorn type movie, gets recognized among such serious, great fare.

The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.

Any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.

My favorite fighter is Anderson Silva.

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.