"It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations."

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

"I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made all the difference to my life."

"I am not a man who has any great respect for the law, when the law is a ass."

"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."