“If Gladstone fell in the Thames, that would be a misfortune. But if someone fished him out again, that would be a calamity. ”

“for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.”

“We had it drilled into us time and time again: 'If someone above you falls, grip tightly to the vertical rope and cradle that person in your arms until help can get to you.'...If someone fell down on me I swear I would have bitten him on the ass and would keep on biting until he got off onhis own.”

“The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes, should be one of the principal studies and endeavours of our lives.”

“I wondered where he was now whether I would ever hear him again. Whether someone would love him, someday show him what beauty mean't.”

“If our father had had his way, nobody who did not knowhow to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.”