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

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

"I know enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it so bad as to be worth the trouble of speaking ill of."

"There is a great deal of humbug in the world, and a good deal of it in England."

"I believe that the present system of prison discipline is a failure."