No one so dislikes being punished unjustly as the person who might have been punished justly on scores of previous occasions, if he had only been found out.

He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.

Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse.

What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?

I was in rare fettle and the heart had touched a new high. I don't know anything that braces one up like finding you haven't got to get married after all.

I suppose half the time Shakespeare just shoved down anything that came into his head.

What ho!" I said. "What ho!" said Motty. "What ho! What ho!" "What ho! What ho! What ho!" After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.