Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.

They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener.

The essence of love is kindness.

Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese--toasted mostly.

Truth in spirit, not truth to the letter, is the true veracity.

There were nights when he took a deal more rum and water than his head could carry; and then he would sometimes sit and sing his wicked old wild sea-songs, minding nobody... Often I have heard the house shaking with Yo-ho-ho and a bottle and rum, all the neighbours joining in for dear life with the fear of death upon them and each singing louder than the other to avoid remark. Fiften men on the dead man's chest, Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil have done for the rest. Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

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