I am in favour of leaving people alone, however imperfect their polity may seem. It appears to me that you must not tell other nations how to set their house in order; nor must you compel them to be happy.

No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese.

Compulsion is the death of friendship.

I have often observed that extremely violent noise and activity go with good-fellowship and heightened spirits.

Why there you are, Stephen,' cried Jack. 'You are come home, I find.' That is true,' said Stephen with an affectionate look: he prized statements of this kind in Jack.

That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do.

Jack, you've debauched my sloth.