War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.
It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.
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.
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.
There is no influence like the influence of habit.