Heaven have mercy on us all--Presbyterians and Pagans alike--for we are all dreadfully cracked about the head and desperately in need of mending.

If you can get nothing better out of the world, get a good dinner out of it, at least.

When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.

Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.

Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.