“I have set my life upon a cast,And I will stand the hazard of the die.”

“Hazard has conditioned us to live in hazard. All our pleasures are dependant upon it. Even though I arrange for a pleasure; and look forward to it, my eventual enjoyment of it is still a matter of hazard. Wherever time passes, there is hazard. You may die before you turn the next page.”

“If the wind is favorable, I shall set off tomorrow...I am hazarding my life, that I may incommode your affairs..If I die, believe that you will lose a person who has never been other than entirely yours, and who by her affection has deserved that you should not forget her”

“I have set you as a seal upon my heart; I will not return to Hell.”

“My heart is set, as firmly as ever heart of man was set on woman. I have no thought, no view, no hope, in life beyond her; and if you oppose me in this great stake, you take my peace and happiness in your hands, and cast them to the wind.”

“I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.”