From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.

The smallness of our desires may contribute reasonably to our wealth.

He who writes badly thinks badly

Norwich is a very fine city, and the castle, which stands in the middle of it, on a hill, is truly majestic.

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

A couple of flitches of bacon are worth fifty thousand Methodist sermons and religious tracts. They are great softeners of temper and promoters of domestic harmony.

Before I dismiss this affair of eating and drinking, let me beseech you to resolve to free yourselves from the slavery of the tea and coffee and other slop-kettle, if, unhappily, you have been bred up in such slavery.