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