“One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum”

“One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.”

“To all the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life, Is worth an age without a name.”

“One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name”

“One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.”

“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”

“When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.”