Oil/basis

Famous quotes containing the words oil and/or basis:

    “Can he who has discovered only some of the values of whalebone and whale oil be said to have discovered the true use of the whale?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)