I had an inheritance from my father,
It was the moon and the sun.
And though I roam all over the world,
The spending of it’s never done.

worthy of their human nature.

Never mistake motion for action.

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.