You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?

I lived on rum, I tell you. It's been meat and drink, and man and wife, to me.

The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all.

If it comes to a swinging, swing all, say I.

Anyone can carry their burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do their work, however hard, for one day.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.