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.

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!

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 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.

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?

Science is the poetry of reality.

The more we understand the One Idea, how all of life is interconnected and interdependent, the more we can act in positive ways for the good of all.

In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword.

The idea that things used to be better is fantasy. It's putting a halo on something that no one can disprove.

Knowing where I came from didn't change who I was.

The treasures of Cathay were never found. In this America, this wilderness Where the axe echoes with a lonely sound, The generations labor to possess And grave by grave we civilize the ground.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

The left, if you get them honest, will admit they know they're a minority.

Remember, attraction is only one part of a relationship. Loyalty, commitment, responsibility and maturity make up the rest.