"It is a principle of the human mind, that the more we have, the more we want."

"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour."

"I have a strong dislike for all forms of political humbug."

"The poor are always with us, but they are not always with us in the same numbers."

"He was a man who, if he had a mind to do a thing, would do it."