💬 Quotes

"The common sailor is an object of general dislike; there is a prejudice against him, arising from the nature of his employment and his habits of life, which is hard to be overcome."

"There are few experiences more trying to the human spirit than the monotony of a calm at sea, where days pass without progress and the vast ocean seems a prison."

"If you would know what the world is, and what men are, go to sea—a stern school, but a sure one."

"The system of-flogging on board merchant vessels is not only degrading to the men, but utterly useless as a means of discipline, serving only to harden the heart and break the spirit."

"A man who loves the forest and the stream learns patience from them, and silence, which is the armor of the woodsman."

"There are times when a man's hand must be against his fellow man, not out of malice, but because justice sleeps and only the rifle speaks."

"The spirit of the border is not one of cruelty, but of an unyielding will to endure where weaker men would perish."

"In the deep woods, away from the chatter of settlements, a man comes face to face with his true self—and his God."

"Vengeance is a dark trail to follow, yet sometimes it is the only road left open to an honest man."

"Though the red men and the white walk paths of blood, there are souls among them who know the universal language of human pity."

"I want to be useful, and to do my duty, and to be happy by and by."

"Fine clothes won't make a lady; and if one hasn't the right sort of heart under them, silk and lace are only a sham."

"It's so easy to slip into ways that aren't quite honest, just because everyone else does it."

"Work is a blessing, and we'd be very badly off without it, though we don't always think so when we are tired."

"Better to be laughed at for being old-fashioned than to lose one's self-respect by following every silly fashion that comes up."

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the name."

"Die Krone ist ein schweres Kleid, das oft mehr Dornen als Perlen birgt, und wer den Thron besteigt, muss lernen, auf dem Abgrund zu tanzen."

"Liebe und Politik sind Schwestern aus derselben finsteren Schmiede; beide dulden keine Nebenbuhler und fordern als Opfer das Herz."

"Was ist die Zeit anders als ein stummer Henker, der die stolzesten Reiche mit gleicher Hand zu Staub zermalmt?"

"Ein Weib von königlichem Blut beugt sich wohl dem Schicksal, aber niemals dem Sieger, denn ihr Geist bleibt freier als die Legionen Roms."