Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth will proceed by loving...
Alas! they had been friends in youth but whispering tongues can poison truth.
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised...
Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart...
Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward it has given me the...
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose...
Poetry: the best words in the best order.
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die...
How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have...
If you live a life of make-believe your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me sailing the open ocean is a real challenge because it's life or death.
