There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.

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

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.

When a man is ill nothing is so important to him as his own illness.

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that.