Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.

I look upon the vulgar observation, 'That the devil often deserts his friends, and leaves them in the lurch,' to be a great abuse on that gentleman's character. Perhaps he may sometimes desert those who are only his cup acquaintance; or who, at most, are but half his; but he generally stands by those who are thoroughly his servants, and helps them off in all extremities, till their bargain expires.

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love.

Ingratitude never so thoroughly pierces the human breast as when it proceeds from those in whose behalf we have been guilty of transgressions.

To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.