"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

"I have a strong dislike for all forms of political humbug."

"The sun himself has never looked upon anything so ridiculous as this."

"I know enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it so bad as to be worth the trouble of speaking ill of."

"It's a good thing to be rich, and a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends."