“The inhabitants of Cincinnati are proud of their city as one of the most interesting in America: and with good reason.”

“Cincinnati is a beautiful city; cheerful, thriving, and animated. I have not often seen a place that commends itself so favourably and pleasantly to a stranger at the first glance as this does.”

“Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason”

“[She wasn't] a logically reasoning woman, but God is good, and hearts may count in heaven as high as heads.”

“And yet I love him. I love him so much and so dearly, that when I sometimes think my life may be but a weary one, I am proud of it and glad of it. I am proud and glad to suffer something for him, even though it is of no service to him, and he will never know of it or care for it.”

“Mr. Tracy Tupman—the too susceptible Tupman, who to the wisdom and experience of maturer years superadded the enthusiasm and ardour of a boy in the most interesting and pardonable of human weaknesses—love.”

“As for the politicians, like everyone else in America, they were motivated by money, not ideals.”