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

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

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.

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.

I was still water, held by my surroundings.I am now a river, carving my own path.

I don't see, ' I said, 'how people stand being old. Your insides all dry up. When you're young you're so self-reliant. You don't even need much religion.

Accept yourself in a way you are created

Peace ought not be regarded the height of civilization, else like barbarians we forever battle for peace.

The human mind was a devious organ, however, and it chiseled in stone that which would be best left unrecalled.

The world needs more love at first sight.

When you're in a train and it breaks down, well, there you is. But when you're in a plane and it breaks down, there you AIN'T.

We must be prepared to make the same heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war.

... many a suicide might be averted if the person contemplating it could find the proper assistance when such a crisis impends.

The future is easy because it doesn’t exist; but the past is painful because it lives forever.