Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school-boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know.

The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals.

I never knew an enemy to puns who was not an ill-natured man.

Gone before To that unknown and silent shore.