"No human vanity can be more pitiable than that of seeking to give an eternity of preservation to particles of dust, w…"

"In the War of the Revolution when it was thought the cause was lost men became inspired at the very mention of the na…"

"You've heard, I suppose, long ago, How the snakes, in a manner most antic, He march'd to the County Mayo, And trundle…"

"Marrying girls is a nice matter always; for they are as cautious as crows plundering a corn-field. ... I don't myself…"

"Tap claret tastes best out of a pewter pot."

"Every popular preacher is a goose."

"Poetry is like claret, one enjoys it only when it is very new, or when it is very old."

"There is no such thing as female genius."

"When a man is drunk, it is no matter upon what he has got drunk."

"Much is to be said in favour of toasted cheese for supper."