Famous quotes containing the words century, sailing and/or ship:
“Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:
Those who are free from anger are free from death.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)
“To sunny waters some
By fatal instinct fly; where on the pool
They sportive wheel, or, sailing down the stream,
Are snatched immediate by the quick-eyed trout
Or darting salmon.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)
“... what a family is without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)