Who said “I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.”?

“Men are what their mothers made them.”

“I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.”

“Men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.”

“The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous toy.”

“Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.”

“A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.”

“Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.”

“If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.”

“I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came.”

“If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.”

“Poverty is uncomfortable; but 9 times out of 10 the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and be compelled to sink or swim.”