“A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on”

“Any fool can critizise, condemn and complain – and most fools do”

“A village is a hive of glass, where nothing unobserved can pass”

“If I’d listened to my consumers, I’d have given them a faster horse”

“To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eye”

“Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.”