There is a pleasure unknown to the landsman in reading at sea.

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.

One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends in disaster.

A world without esoteric knowledge is a poorer place and we as a humanity pay the price for the loss of its principles.

I’m still thanking all the stars, one by one.

The pulse of New York City can be found on the bent elbows of the patrons in Pete's Tavern.

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.

Sometimes fear is a warning. It's like someone putting a hand on your shoulder and saying Go No Farther.

If the pace and the push, the noise and the crowds are getting to you, it's time to stop the nonsense and find a place of solace to refresh your spirit

The church is always more than a school. But the church cannot be less than a school.

Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.

Lovely was my compliment. Could you not come up with your own?" "Lord Paen said compliment her, he did not say we had to be creative about it," the second man pointed out with a shrug

I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away.