Gilbert Parker

“It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.”

“Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.”

“Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.”

“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.”

“Tomorrow is no man's gift.”

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

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