My Small Boat

The cure for anything is salt water; sweat, tears, or the sea.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

Return to Sorrento (3rd class)
I must go down to the sea again,
To the lonely sea and the sky,
I left my vest and socks there,
I wonder if they’re dry ?

You know, many a man realizes late in life that if when he was a boy he had known what he knows now, instead of being what he is he might be what he won’t; but how few boys stop to think that if they knew what they don’t know instead of being what they [...]

14 different ways to pronounce “ough”
Rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman John Gough strode through the streets of Loughborough; after falling into a slough on Coughlin road near the lough (dry due to drought), he coughed and hiccoughed, then checked his horse’s houghs and washed up in a trough.
1. awe: thought, bought, fought, brought, ought, sought, nought, [...]

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent.