In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, and born in bed, in bed we die; the near approach a bed may show of human bliss to human woe.

More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.

Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.

A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of of being in danger.

Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.

Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships.

To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocence--an exemption granted only to invariable virtue.