"I have been so beset, and so worried, and so torn by the anxiety of this new book, that I have been made ill by it."

"I know enough of the world now, to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything."

"My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can do to-day. Procrastination is the thief of time."

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

"I think the English people are a very conservative people."