"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."
"There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted."
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Source: Gilbert Parker (1907). “The Weavers: A Tale of England and Egypt of Fifty Years Ago”, p.240, Library of Alexandria
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