“The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.”

Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.

All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.

There were few who preferred honor to money.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

Each man the architect of his own fate.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.

Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

A boat can’t have two captains.

You got to tell me the brave captain Why are the wicked so strong? How do the angels get to sleep When the devil leaves the porch light on?

The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn’t communicate very well. I am like Captain Run-on Sentence.

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship’s captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.

I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.

To this day, one of my proudest achievements is captaining my country.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.