"The waggish author of 'The New Mirror' is, I believe, the first who has openly maintained the doctrine that the great end of a writer is to get money."

"Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them."

"Never to suffer would never to have been blessed."

"He knew that Hop-Frog was not fond of wine; for it excited the poor cripple almost to madness; and madness is no comfortable feeling."

"I have been in love with a great many women. I have never been in love with a man."