“Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”

“Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”

“Once a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.”

“God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?”

“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”

“The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.”

“Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.”