“ It's the people who try to be clever who never are the people who are clever never think of trying to be. Gilbert Parker
“ 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. Gilbert Parker
“ 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 el… Gilbert Parker
“ 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. Gilbert Parker
“ Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning and life at that pri… Gilbert Parker
“ 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. Gilbert Parker
