It seems to me after a fellow has been mutinied against three or four times, there is something to it besides bad luck.

It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what you have read to me about Parliament, I do not think any dragons are invited to go there

Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?

Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.

I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody.

I'm an engineer and a writer. And I find that those two things are not uncomplementary.

I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.