“If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.”
“There was very much in the whole affair of which he would not be proud as he led his bride to the altar;--but a man does not expect to get four thousand pounds a year for nothing.”
“Napoleon, the man of genius, did this! But to say that he destroyed his army because he wished to, or because he was very stupid, would be as unjust as to say that he had brought his troops to Moscow because he wished to and because he was very clever and a genius”
“He had a thousand-year-old stare.”
“I must admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat.”
“No. Because it's so stupid no Dauntless with any sense would speak it, let alone think it. Pansycake. What are you, twelve?""And a half," he says.”