It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.