Easy reading requires hard writing.

It's dogged as does it.

A physician should take his fee without letting his left hand know what his right is doing; it should be taken without a thought, without a look, without a move of the facial muscles; the true physician should hardly be aware that the last friendly grasp of the hand has been made more precious by the touch of gold

Never let the estate decrease in your hands. It is only by such resolutions as that that English noblemen and English gentlemen can preserve their country. I cannot bear to see property changing hands.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.