We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any.

I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter.

Man is such a wondrous being that it is never possible to count up all his merits at once. The more you study him, the more new particulars appear, and their description would be endless.

Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.

Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.

Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.

The Lord grant we may all be tillers of the soil.