Sir, if you wish to have a just notion of the magnitude of this city, you must not be satisfied with seeing its great streets and squares, but must survey the innumerable little lanes and courts. It is not in the showy evolutions of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crowded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.

To do something is in every man's power.

Babies do not want to hear about babies; they like to be told of giants and castles.

I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.

A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.