No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room better food and commonly better company.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room better food and commonly better company.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy which would be the case in a general state of equality.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy which would be the case in a general state of equality.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues because if you haven't courage you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues because if you haven't courage you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.