Being thus arrived in good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stale earth, their proper element.
—William Bradford, 1630
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Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.
—Heinrich Heine, 1827The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
—Basho, c. 1690Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.
—Kathleen Norris, 1931It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.
—Leslie Jamison, 2014A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Among all nations, through the darkest polytheism glimmer some faint sparks of monotheism.
—Immanuel Kant, 1781When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
—Chinese proverbBetter free in a strange land than a slave at home.
—German proverbDo not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60