Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else ones patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days. – Joshua Slocum
Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or that our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than we suspect of what we think. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
