Vessel Elements

Famous quotes containing the words vessel and/or elements:

“Demagogue—a vessel containing beer and other liquids.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the earth. The elements are less reserved and distinct. Water turns to ice, rain to snow. The day is but a Scandinavian night. The winter is an arctic summer.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)