"Fair weather" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to his Miscellanies, says, talking of his mind, "It must, like the halcyon, have fair weather to breed in." ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 17, No. - 481, March 19, 1831 • Various
... be a rollin' stone, Benny. It's all very fine for fair weather sailors, to go and sit about on the beach, and p'raps be rowed out a little way, or take a trip when everything's smooth below and aloft, but just you find yerself aboard one of our smacks, in ...
— Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) - A Magazine for the Young • Various
... said Mr. Pith. "Men of our occupation must make fair weather of it, or we had better be ...
— Home as Found • James Fenimore Cooper
... prejudices. Command the just respect of all your fellow-voyagers, even though you fail to win their friendly regard. And Jack—don't you ever dare, while you live, appear in public on those decks in fair weather, in a costume unbecoming your ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... she replied; "later on the storms must come, and the wise mariner will prepare himself to meet them. We must not always be expecting fair weather. Do you not remember the lines of ...
— Esther - A Book for Girls • Rosa Nouchette Carey
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