The New Testament is the very best book that ever was or ever will be known in the world.

The beating of my heart was so violent and wild that I felt as if my life were breaking from me.

In the majority of cases, conscience is an elastic and very flexible article

Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years it was a splendid laugh!

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Keep out of Chancery. It's being ground to bits in a slow mill; it's being roasted at a slow fire; it's being stung to death by single bees; it's being drowned by drops; it's going mad by grains.