I trust it is not the pride which goes before a fall.

It savours of peril to steer one's bark over unknown waters, or to follow a road which leads no man knows whither;" and Harry nodded his head in the direction of Lord Claud, with a gesture that was as eloquent as any words could be.
"Tush!" answered Tom, with something of the careless indifference he had caught from Lord Claud and his associates; "I have come to see the world, and see it I will.

If there be peril, why, so much the better.

I am sick to death of sitting at ease in the safe shelter of home.

A man can die but once, and he had better live first." "Just so, just so," answered Harry with some emphasis; "that is exactly the sentiment I would most impress upon your inexperience.
A man should live to drink the cup of life, ere it be snatched from his grasp." Tom nodded and passed on, not pausing to ponder upon the meaning of the words he had heard.