"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour."

"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."

"I don't believe in the existence of a single human being who is not a rascal."

"It was a dark and stormy night."

"There is a great deal of humbug in the world, and a good deal of it in England."