A merry life and a short one shall be my motto. Bartholomew Roberts More Quotes by Bartholomew Roberts More Quotes From Bartholomew Roberts In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labor; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power; and who would not balance creditor on this side, when all the hazard that is run for it, at worst, is only a sour look or two at choking. No, a merry life and a short one, shall be my motto. Bartholomew Roberts pirate running two For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man! Bartholomew Roberts water men hands There is none of you but will hang me, I know, whenever you can clinch me within your power. Bartholomew Roberts pirate knows Damn to him who ever lived to wear a Halter! Bartholomew Roberts pirate damn