"I am a man of whom it is impossible to say too much or too little."

"The English are, I am afraid, a little too much given to a kind of national conceit."

"I have known a vast amount of nonsense talked about the dignity of labour. The dignity of labour is a comfortable thing to contemplate, but it is not a comfortable thing to experience."

"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene l…"

"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."