War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.
~ Gilbert Parker
For when a child is born the mother also is born again.
She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good.
Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.
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.
Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.
Tomorrow is no man's gift.
