Mr. Midshipman Easy

“My wisdom is for my friends, my folly for myself.””

— Frederick Marryat

“Philosophy is said to console a man under disappointment, although Shakespeare asserts that it is no remedy for a toothache; so Mr Easy turned philosopher, the very best profession a man can take up who is fit for nothing else.””

— Frederick Marryat

“The wine was good, if the arguments were not, and we must take things as we find them in this world.””

— Frederick Marryat

“In Frederick Marryat's Jack's father, Mr. Easy, became a(n) ____________ as it was the very best profession a man can take up who is fit for nothing else. ””

— Frederick Marryat

“here I am, after having been a warrior and a prince, cook, steward and everything else, boiling kettle for de young gentlemen.””

— Frederick Marryat

“Thus did Jack Easy make the best use that he could of his strength, and become, as it were, the champion and security””

— Frederick Marryat