“Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.”

“When he takes the knife to the canvass the servants find him lying dead with a knife through is heart and "withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage." and the portrait "in all the wonders of his exquisite youth and beauty." p 349”

“The real knife to a man's heart was his woman's tears.”

“Whiskey and Beer are a man's worst enemies... but the man that runs away from his enemies is a coward!”

“Well, you know what they say. The quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach."-"Indeed? I thought it was through a hole in his chest." -Jessica Thornton”

“So John took out of his pocket A knife both long and sharp, And stuck it through his brother's heart, And the blood came pouring down. Says John to William, "Take off thy shirt, And tear it from gore to gore, And wrap it round your bleeding heart, And the blood will pour no more.”