A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull altogether, my hearties, hurrah! — Charles Dickens

A man must take the fat with the lean.

Let sleeping dogs lie — who wants to rouse 'em?

My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.