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

He who writes badly thinks badly

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.

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people... have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

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

However roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.