"I give you joy of our new nephew, and hope if he ever comes to be hanged it will not be till we are too old to care about it."

"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human characters."

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."

"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."

"I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle."