I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing.
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Custom had dinned into his ears a superstitious reverence for that which tangibly and physically exists, and had made him secretly ashamed to dwell in visions.
Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.
Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.
At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.
