I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one.

The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

A fool has more ideas than a wise man can foresee.

The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness.

Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.

A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.

Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.