I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher’s sake.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into – matrimony.

There’s no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

We love the precepts for the teacher’s sake.

Those who know the least obey the best.