Joseph Conrad Sailing Quotations

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip; while, no matter how close he shaved, fiery metallic gleams passed, when he moved his head, over the surface of his cheeks.

The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life.

Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.