"He had a head of hair that was like a wig, and a face that was like a mask."

"He was a man of the world, in the worst sense of the term."

"The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself."

"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape."

"I am a man who has always been very much in the habit of doing what he likes, and of not doing what he doesn't like."