That acknowledgment of weakness which we make in imploring to be relieved from hunger and from temptation is surely wisely put in our daily prayer. Think of it, you who are rich, and take heed how you turn a beggar away.

Love makes fools of us all, big and little.

When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.

Alas! we are the sport of destiny.

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

I never was much of an oyster eater, nor can I relish them 'in naturalibus' as some do, but require a quantity of sauces, lemons, cayenne peppers, bread and butter, and so forth, to render them palatable.

Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard... 'Tis the living up to it that's difficult.