Port Calls

Famous quotes containing the words port and/or calls:

“It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or the fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)