"Free-livers on a small scale, who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea."

"How convenient it would be to many of our great men and great families of doubtful origin, could they have the privil…"

"I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories."

"The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees i…"

"There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a st…"

"There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted."

"His wife "ruled the roost," and in governing the governor, governed the province, which might thus be said to be unde…"

"I endeavor to take things as they come with cheerfulness, and when I cannot get a dinner to suit my taste, I endeavor…"

"Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old."

"Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? — No — no, ‘tis your lean, hungry me…"