No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Towering is the confidence of twenty-one.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.

If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in a constant…

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

I hung up. It was a step in the right direction, but it didn't go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hid under the desk.