But however it was, my Viking, thy unbidden affection was the noblest homage ever paid me.

And frankly, I am more inclined to think well of myself, as in some way deserving thy devotion, than from the rounded compliments of more cultivated minds.
Now, at sea, and in the fellowship of sailors, all men appear as they are.

No school like a ship for studying human nature.

The contact of one man with another is too near and constant to favor deceit.

You wear your character as loosely as your flowing trowsers.