"I grieve to say that I know of no country where the practice of dentistry is so atrocious as in England."

"I am a believer in Marley’s Ghost."

"The Radicals are a set of men who would pull down everything, and build up nothing."

"I have a profound distrust of all forms of religious enthusiasm."

"It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and good for a man's heart, that however poor he may be, he always has a thousand friends; and not one of them will desert him."