Confident because of our caution
Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks" "Yes, sir, of sharks and men.
In lighthearted countries, people joked about this phenomenon, but such serious, practical countries as England, America, and Germany were deeply concerned.
Great robbers always resemble honest folk. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.
If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.
[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.
Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like wild beasts. Then it is that they might well covet those wonderful properties of the Indians of the prairies - their quick intelligence, their ingenious cunning, their scent of the enemy.
But my favorite work is always my next piece.
If we get it right, there need not be losers.
The most successful exploiter is the one who makes others feel that he or she has their best interests at heart.
Stay down, David. Stay down.