There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

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.

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.

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

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever.

Every shot that kills ricochets.