Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause
Everything comes gradually at its appointed hour
Each man is the architect of his own fate Men are not prisoners of fate but only prisoners of their own minds
Beware the fury of a patient man
Anger is never without a reason but seldom with a good one
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist" but you can pound it
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe
I am ready to meet my Maker Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter
The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate
Life’s pretty good and why wouldn’t it be? I’m a pirate, after all
Merchant and pirate were for a long period one and the same person. Even today mercantile morality is really nothing but a refinement