Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly-arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table.

The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

The fiend in his own shape is less hideous than when he rages in the breast of men.

Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly-arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table.

Come, therefore, and let us fling mud at them!

Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world , individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever. (Wakefield)