Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.

Joseph Conrad

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Joseph Conrad

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull.

Joseph Conrad

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.

Joseph Conrad