Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.

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

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

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.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.