John I always considered as no better than a swindler, but James I put some trust and confidence in.

You judged more accurately, for you always said that 'he was a damned cunning fellow!' Well, there is every appearance of your being right; but his cunning (as it never does) will not profit him.

Within these three years I have given him nearly L1,400 for printing, and in return have only received empty professions, made, to be sure, in the most dramatic manner.

Trite as the saying is, honesty is always the best policy; and if we live a little longer, we shall see what will be the end of all their cunning, never-ending labyrinths of plots and schemes.
Constable is the proper person for them; set a thief to catch a thief: Jonathan Wild will be fully a match for any of the heroes of the 'Beggar's Opera.' My blood boils when I think of them, and still more when I think of my allowing myself so long to keep my eyes shut to what I ought to have seen long ago.

But the only apology I make to myself is, that one does not wish to think so ill of human nature.