"It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and good for a man's digestion, to know that his wife is comfortable and well taken care of; and there is nothing like a comfortable wife, to make a man comfort…"

"I have known a good many people who have had their heads cut off, and I never knew one who didn't deserve it."

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

"The Radicals are a set of men who would pull down everything, and build up nothing."

"It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed thems…"