“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.”

“Do not presume, well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed, to criticize the poor”

“For in tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril;--nevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown.”

“But this whole world is a preposterous one, with many preposterous people in it.”

“if you gobern de shark in you, why den you be angel; for all angel is not'ing more dan de shark well goberned.”

“Of such a letter, Death himself might well have been the post-boy.”

“I promise nothing complete; because any human thing supposed to be complete, must for that very reason infallibly be faulty.”