"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."

"I have a great objection to all forms of cant and hypocrisy."

"I have a great contempt for all forms of class distinction."

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

"I am a man who has lived a good deal in the world, and I have seen a good deal of it."