| “ | Nobody but myself and the devil knows where my treasure is hid, and the longer liver will take all! | ” |
| — Blackbeard, November 17, 1718 | ||
| “ | I am sorry to see you here Jack, but if you had fought like a man, you need not be hanged like a dog. | ” |
| — Anne Bonny | ||
| “ | A merry life and a short one shall be my motto. | ” |
| — Bartholomew Roberts | ||
| “ | Come, let us make a hell of our own, and try how long we can bear it. | ” |
| — Blackbeard | ||
| “ | This man was a real-life Goliath; sadly, there was no David who could stand up against him! | ” |
| — unknown) | ||
| “ | Dedit haec insignia virtus | ” |
| — (Trans: Bravery gave him nobility) René Duguay-Trouin's motto given to him by Louis XIV of France | ||
| “ | Coming up to them, there has passed some common shot between some of our fleet and some of them; and as far as we perceive, they are determined to sell their lives with blows. | ” |
| — Francis Drake to Admiral Henry Seymour, after coming upon part of the Spanish Armada. | ||
| “ | Now for our affair's are on the razor's edge, men of Ionia, wither we are to be free or slaves ... so if you will bear hardships now, you will suffer temporarily but be able to overcome your enemies | ” |
| — Dionysius the Phocaean | ||
| “ | Come all you brave Boys, whose Courage is bold, Will you venture with me, I'll glut you with Gold? Make haste unto Corona, a Ship you will find, That's called the Fancy, will pleasure your mind. Captain Every is in her, and calls her his own; |
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| — A Copy of Verses, Composed by Captain Henry Every (1696) | ||