“I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.”

“You wish to sail a ship up stream by lighting a fire under its decks, I have no time for such nonsense.”

“friend"ships" sail like any other ship... left unattended, it will drift away”

“Here, I could see, was choice matter on which the expert and art critic could exercise their knowledge and judgment. As I had neither, I made an experiment or two, and was able to inform the readers of the paper that if you walked briskly past the picture, winking both eyes as fast as possible, you really got a sort of impression of movement and activity, of ships and boats coming into the harbour and sailing out of it, of sails lowered and hoisted, of an uncertain background, now obscured, now left visible as a ship in full sail passed before it. It struck me that, in my hands, art criticism was in a fair way to become a popular sport.”

“There, in the shimmering distance, was a sail. I stared in momentary disbelief, but there it was, one of the most beautiful sights the Pacific can ever offer — a ship in full sail edging her way through the blue waters.”

“Friendships sail like any other ship... left unattended, it will drift away”