“What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.” Has BeensSeaLateCalmShipsShoreNavigation Book:The Hesperides & Noble Numbers Source: The Hesperides & Noble Numbers
“If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to float a ship we are sure to find them in our way.” IfsWayShouldHas BeensWaterHistoryShould HaveEastShipsFloatsShould Have BeenEmperor Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser. It is as if a ship captain should sail to India from the Port of London; and having brought a chart of the Thames on deck at his first setting out, should obstinately use no other for the whole voyage.” IfsShouldYearsFirstsWellsHas BeensWholeUseViewsIndiaTwentiesLondonSettingShipsSettingsProphetScoreFortySailCaptainsWiserVoyagesPortDeckBratThames Book:The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays Source: The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays