It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.