"Every country can claim for itself a of home manufacture. He of Australia is William Buckley."

"The Australian black is as far removed from and Chingachook, as Uncas and Chingachook are from reality. ... An Austra…"

"What can I write in thee, O dainty book, About whose daintiness quaint perfume lingers— Into whose pages dainty ladie…"

"Mothers-in-law are ladies with daughters. A mother-in-law may be considered as the beard on the matrimonial oyster."

"All my soul is slowly melting, all my brain is softening fast, And I know that I'll be taken to the Yarr bend at last…"

"Distrust the men who make bargains. They are a disgrace to humanity. No man ever saw a dog swap a bone with another dog."

"Borrowing may be reduced to a Science, or elevated to an Art. Borrowing an umbrella is a science; borrowing half-a-cr…"

"I am rather good at it. I have been always borrowing. If I can borrow nothing else, I borrow ideas."

"It is no use borrowing if you mean to pay. There have been more men ruined by 'temporary accommodation' than anything…"

"Here I am in bed, with vinegar and brown paper over my nose, all the children sick, the baby howling like an unfledge…"