“The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he li...”

“It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.”

“I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.”

“There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.”