All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
Before marriage many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane once aboard they turn into passengers. They just sit there.
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.
I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream.